MATTER OF ROBERTS


91 N.Y.2d 93 (1997)

689 N.E.2d 911

666 N.Y.S.2d 1017

In the Matter of Donald R. Roberts, a Justice of the Malone Village Court, Franklin County, Petitioner. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hinman, Straub, Pigors & Manning, P. C., Albany (Peter L. Rupert of counsel), for petitioner.

Gerald Stern, New York City, and Cathleen S. Cenci for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK and WESLEY concur in Per Curiam opinion.


Per Curiam.

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct determined that Donald R. Roberts should be removed as Justice of the Malone Village Court in Franklin County, an elected office he has held since 1993. The Justice seeks this Court's review of the Commission's determination of misconduct findings, with a removal sanction.

We are satisfied, upon our plenary review of the...

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