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MATTER OF DUCKMAN

92 N.Y.2d 141 (1998)

699 N.E.2d 872

677 N.Y.S.2d 248

In the Matter of Lorin M. Duckman, a Judge of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, Kings County, Petitioner. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 7, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald G. Russo, New York City, and Richard W. Levitt for petitioner.

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

Russell M. Gioiella, New York City and Thomas H. Burt for New York Criminal Bar Association, amicus curiae.

Scott H. Greenfield, New York City, for New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK and WESLEY concur in Per Curiam opinion; Judge TITONE dissents and votes to reject the determined sanction in a separate opinion; Judge BELLACOSA dissents and votes to reject the determined sanction in another dissenting opinion.

Per Curiam.

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined that petitioner, since April 1991 a Judge of the Criminal Court of the City of New York (Bronx County, 1991-1994; Kings County, 1994-1996), engaged in various acts of misconduct demonstrating a pattern of injudicious behavior that renders him unfit to continue in office. Given petitioner's acknowledgment before us of many of the alleged acts of wrongdoing...

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