JUDICIAL INQ. AND REVIEW COM'N v. Peatross

KINSER, Justice.

Pursuant to Article VI, Section 10 of the Constitution of Virginia, the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission (the Commission), filed a complaint in this Court against Paul M. Peatross, Jr., judge of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit. The Commission alleged that certain charges against Judge Peatross for violating the Canons of Judicial Conduct for the Commonwealth of Virginia (the Canons), Va. Sup.Ct. R. Part 6, § III, were well-founded and of sufficient gravity to warrant censure or removal. 1 This Court conducted "a hearing in open court." Va. Const. art. VI, § 10. We…