The hearing is one of the last steps in the case
against McCree before the court makes the final decision on whether McCree
should be removed from the court.
McCree is fighting for his position after coming under
fire from the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission, which has accused him of
judicial misconduct. The judge got into hot water with the commission while
presiding over a 2012 child support case involving Geniene La'Shay Mott with
whom he had an extramarital affair.
McCree also is accused of giving favorable treatment
to a relative of Mott's and for using derogatory remarks to describe some
litigants in his courtroom. In September, the nine-member commission recommended
to the Michigan Supreme Court McCree be removed from office and also called for
a six-year "conditional" suspension for the judge in the event he is re-elected
to the bench next year.
McCree’s attorney, Brian Einhorn, said he doesn’t know
yet if McCree will attend the hearing on his own behalf. Einhorn said it’s not
mandatory that the 57-year-old jurist be there.
During the September hearing, the executive director
of the Michigan Tenure Commission said McCree "suffers from egomania" and is a
"narcissist" who is no longer fit to serve as a judge.
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Michigan's high court to hear oral arguments in McCree disciplinary case
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2 comments:
How many egomaniacs sit on the bench in our wonderful "just-us"
system?
It seems there are more and more each day, Thelma.
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