The Judicial Conduct Board in July charged Erie Common Pleas Court Judge Stephanie Domitrovich with violating behavioral standards for judges, failing to disqualify herself from certain cases and providing misleading and false answers to the board's lawyers. The board had also asked the Court of Judicial Discipline to suspend her in the meantime, but the court refused after a hearing Monday.
The Erie Times-News (http://bit.ly/1CDOr3R ) reports defense Leonard Ambrose III argued that leaving Domitrovich on the bench doesn't undermine public confidence in the courts.
The judge has heard 493 cases involving 110 attorneys since July, Ambrose said, and "The roof of the Erie County Courthouse hasn't fallen in."
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Erie County Common Pleas judge to remain on bench during Judicial Conduct Board ethics case
She should be cleared before she is permitted to remain on the bench.
ReplyDeleteIf a judge is under investigation for ethics, he/she should be off the bench until the investigation has completed. Protect the public.
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