MATTER OF MURPHY


82 N.Y.2d 491 (1993)

626 N.E.2d 48

605 N.Y.S.2d 232

In the Matter of Richard W. Murphy, a Justice of the Shandaken Town Court, Ulster County, Petitioner. State Commission On Judicial Conduct, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rusk, Wadlin, Heppner & Martuscello, Kingston (Daniel G. Heppner of counsel), for petitioner.

Gerald Stern, New York City, and Jean M. Savanyu for respondent.

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


Per Curiam.

Petitioner, a Justice of Shandaken Town Court, Ulster County, seeks review of a determination by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct that he should be removed from office (see, NY Const, art VI, § 22 [a]; Judiciary Law § 44 [7]). Of the four charges in the formal complaint, the Commission sustained two: one relating to petitioner's mishandling of...

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