Legal Opinion
Complaint Concerning Winton
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 25, 1984No. C8-83-150PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This is a judicial discipline matter that comes before us on the November 2, 1983, recommendation of the Board on Judicial Standards for removal of the Honorable Robert Crane Winton, Jr., Judge of District Court, Hennepin County, for willful misconduct prejudicial to the administration of justice.
Procedural History
The acts of misconduct of respondent, Judge Robert Crane Winton, Jr., came to public attention in February 1982 in the course of a series of televised investigatory reports concerning sexual abuse of children. The reports included allegations that respondent had engaged in…
3Cases cited4 opinions
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