Thomas v. Judicial Conduct Commission

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Judicial Conduct Commission which held that Judge Don Thomas of the Marshall District Court, Benton, Kentucky, had violated four charges of the eight-count charge against him. The Commission imposed a 180-day suspension.

Judge Thomas is a district judge for the Fifty-Eighth Judicial District which consists of Marshall County. The Judicial Conduct Commission authorized an investigation into complaints regarding the conduct of the judge and he was invited to appear before an informal conference. After two informal conferences, the…