Miss. Comm'n on Judicial Performance v. Agin
| Docket Number: | 2007-JP-01897-SCT | |
| Supreme Court: | Opinion Link Opinion Date: 07-31-2008 Opinion Author: DICKINSON, J. Holding: PUBLIC REPRIMAND AND ASSESSMENT OF COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $100.00 |
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Topic: Judicial discipline - Conduct prejudicial to administration of justice - Public reprimand Judge(s) Concurring: WALLER, P.J., CARLSON, GRAVES, RANDOLPH AND LAMAR, JJ. Non Participating Judge(s): SMITH, C.J., DIAZ, P.J., AND EASLEY, J. Procedural History: Admin or Agency Judgment Nature of the Case: CIVIL - JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE |
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| Trial Court: |
Date of Trial Judgment: 10-18-2007 Appealed from: COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE Judge: Patricia D. Wise Disposition: This matter is before the Court on the recommendation of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance (Commission) seeking public reprimand of County Judge William Agin of Madison County and payment of costs. Finding the proposed sanctions appropriate, we impose the sanctions proposed by the Commission. Case Number: 2006-248 |
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| Appellant: | MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE |
LUTHER T. BRANTLEY, III |
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| Appellee: | WILLIAM AGIN | ROBERT L. GOZA, JR. |
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| Topic: | Judicial discipline - Conduct prejudicial to administration of justice - Public reprimand |
| Summary of the Facts: | Judge William Agin, a County Court Judge, in Madison County, was privately admonished by the Commission on Judicial Performance for failing to issue rulings in a number of cases. The Commission provided Judge Agin a list of cases in which he failed to render decisions, and Judge Agin agreed to render decisions in these cases within ninety days. After Judge Akin failed to do so in some of the cases, the Commission proposed that Judge Agin be publicly reprimanded and assessed the costs in the proceeding. |
| Summary of Opinion Analysis: | Judge Agin was charged with violating Canons 1, 2A, 3B(8), and 3C(1) of the Code of Judicial Conduct. The Commission also found Judge Agin’s conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute. Judge Agin admitted committing these violations. The sanctions agreed upon by the Commission and Judge Agin were a public reprimand and payment of the $100 cost of the proceedings. The sanctions proposed by the Commission are commensurate with the violation. |
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