MATTER OF ROBERT


89 N.Y.2d 745 (1997)

680 N.E.2d 594

658 N.Y.S.2d 221

In the Matter of Ronald C. Robert, a Justice of the Chester Town Court, Warren County, Petitioner. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 1, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald C. Robert, Chestertown, appellant pro se.

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

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


Per Curiam.

Petitioner, a Justice of the Chester Town Court, Warren County, was charged with violating the Rules of Judicial Conduct by presiding over cases involving his friends notwithstanding that he had been previously cautioned by the Commission on Judicial Conduct against presiding over such cases, and for confronting a woman, in the presence of her employer, after she had sent a letter to the editor of the local newspaper...

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