Matter of Benoit

This matter invokes the Supreme Judicial Court’s original jurisdiction over judicial disciplinary matters. 1 The Committee on Judicial Responsibility and Disability (Committee), by its Report dated December 9, 1986, alleges that District Court Judge John W. Benoit, Jr. violated Canons 1, 2(A), and 3(A)(6) of the Code of Judicial Conduct (Code), and that such violations warrant the imposition of formal disciplinary action. The case is submitted on the pleadings before this Court and the pleadings and record before the Committee.

It is with deep regret that the Court sits, for a second time, to…