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MATTER OF HAMEL

88 N.Y.2d 317 (1996)

668 N.E.2d 390

645 N.Y.S.2d 419

In the Matter of Lester C. Hamel, a Justice of the Champlain Town Court, Petitioner. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 5, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Niles & Cardany, Plattsburgh (John F. Niles of counsel), for petitioner.

Gerald Stern, New York City, and Cathleen S. Cenci for respondent.

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

Per Curiam.

Following an investigation and hearing, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined that petitioner should be removed from the office of Justice of the Champlain Town Court in Clinton County. The disciplinary charges against him arose principally out of two incidents in which petitioner improperly jailed individuals for their purported failure to pay fines and restitution obligations that he had imposed...

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