HINTON v. JUDICIAL RET. & REMOVAL COM'N

No. 92-SC-636-RR.

854 S.W.2d 756 (1993)

Judge Richard L. HINTON, Appellant, v. JUDICIAL RETIREMENT AND REMOVAL COMMISSION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing July 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Leathers, Greg E. Mitchell, Robert M. Goldberg, Frost & Jacobs, Lexington, for appellant.

George F. Rabe, James D. Lawson, Lexington, for appellee.


WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a final order of the Judicial Retirement and Removal Commission finding Mason Circuit Judge Richard L. Hinton guilty of violating SCR 4.300, Canon 3 A(3) of the Code of Judicial Responsibility. The Commission ordered a public censure.

The question presented is whether the record supports the finding that the judge acted in an undignified, discourteous or impatient manner toward Lexington attorney Jerry Anderson....

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