MATTER OF KILEY


74 N.Y.2d 364 (1989)

In the Matter of Edward J. Kiley, a Judge of the District Court of Suffolk County, Petitioner. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 24, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan R. Sobel for petitioner.

Gerald Stern and Robert H. Tembeckjian for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur in Per Curiam opinion.


Per Curiam.

In this proceeding we are called upon to review a determination of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct removing from office the petitioner, a Judge of the Suffolk County District Court, for certain acts of judicial misconduct. After having reviewed all of the evidence before the Commission, we conclude that censure, rather than removal, is the appropriate sanction.

On May 10, 1988, the Commission...

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