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MATTER OF ASSINI

94 N.Y.2d 26 (1999)

720 N.E.2d 882

698 N.Y.S.2d 605

In the Matter of CHARLES J. ASSINI, JR., a Justice of the East Greenbush Town Court, Rensselaer County, Petitioner. STATE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 21, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hancock & Estabrook, L. L. P., Syracuse (Stewart F. Hancock, Jr., and Alan J. Pierce of counsel), for petitioner.

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

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

Petitioner, a Justice of the East Greenbush Town Court, Rensselaer County, has requested review of the determination of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. The Commission concluded that he failed to observe the "high standards of conduct" necessary to preserve the "integrity and independence of the judiciary" (Rules Governing Judicial Conduct [22 NYCRR] § 100.1; see, Code of Judicial Conduct Canon 1); violated...

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