MATTER OF MAZZEI


81 N.Y.2d 568 (1993)

618 N.E.2d 123

601 N.Y.S.2d 90

In the Matter of Rudolph L. Mazzei, a Judge of the Suffolk County Court, Petitioner. State Commission On Judicial Conduct, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 6, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Giaimo & Vreeburg, P. C., Kew Gardens (Joseph O. Giaimo of counsel), for petitioner.

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

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and SMITH concur in Per Curiam opinion; Judge BELLACOSA taking no part.


Per Curiam.

Petitioner, a former Judge of County Court, Suffolk County,1 initiated this proceeding to review a determination of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct that he should be removed from office (see, Judiciary Law § 44 [7]). Although conceding that he engaged in sanctionable misconduct, petitioner contends that removal is unwarranted and that censure is more appropriate...

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