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MATTER OF SKINNER

91 N.Y.2d 142 (1997)

690 N.E.2d 484

667 N.Y.S.2d 675

In the Matter of John F. Skinner, a Justice of the Columbia Town Court, Herkimer County, Petitioner. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 18, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl G. Scalise, Herkimer, for petitioner.

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

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK and WESLEY concur in Per Curiam opinion.

Per Curiam.

Disciplinary charges against petitioner, for nearly 40 years a Justice of the Columbia Town Court in Herkimer County, arose out of his handling of two criminal matters; both in late 1994. The first involved a social acquaintance who had been accused of sexual abuse for reaching into the car window of his newspaper delivery person and touching her breast. Departing from his customary procedure, petitioner set an...

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