Legal Opinion
In Re Markle
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1984No. Complaint 17-83PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Justice:
This is a judicial disciplinary proceeding arising from a charge that Magistrate Danny Markle failed to follow the procedures set out in State ex rel. Harper v. Zegeer, 170 W.Va. 743, 296 S.E.2d 873 (1982), in incarcerating a semiconscious inebriate, who subsequently committed suicide in the jail. The Judicial Hearing Board (hereinafter referred to as Board), after hearing testimony from several witnesses, recommended dismissal of this charge. We disagree.
Two issues are presented for our consideration. First, did Magistrate Markle violate the Judicial Code of Ethics by placing…
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