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MATTER OF KELSO

61 N.Y.2d 82 (1984)

In the Matter of Robert W. Kelso, a Justice of the Montgomery Town Court, Petitioner. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 17, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Bartlett, Jr., for petitioner.

Gerald Stern, Jean M. Savanyu and Robert Straus for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JONES, WACHTLER and KAYE concur in Per Curiam opinion; Judge JASEN dissents and votes to accept the determined sanction in a separate opinion in which Judges MEYER and SIMONS concur.

Per Curiam.

Petitioner has been charged with engaging in behavior that violated certain canons of the Code of Judicial Conduct. While it is apparent that petitioner's conduct was improper, we do not find that it was so egregious as to warrant removing him from the Bench. The commission's recommendation, therefore, is rejected and petitioner is hereby censured.

Petitioner is an attorney who has served as an Acting...

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