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MATTER OF MULROY

94 N.Y.2d 652 (2000)

731 N.E.2d 120

709 N.Y.S.2d 464

In the Matter of J. KEVIN MULROY, a Judge of the Onondaga County Court, Petitioner. STATE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emil M. Rossi, Syracuse, and J. Scott Porter for petitioner.

Gerald Stern, New York City, and John J. Postel for respondent.

Mackenzie, Smith, Lewis, Michell & Hughes, L. L. P., Syracuse (Dennis R. Baldwin of counsel), for County Judges Association of the State of New York, amicus curiae.

Hancock & Estabrook, L. L. P., Syracuse (Stewart F. Hancock, Jr., of counsel), for Onondaga County Bar Association Assigned Counsel Program, Inc., amicus curiae.

Frederick O'Rourke, Syracuse, and Kate Rosenthal for Syracuse Association of Defense Lawyers, amicus curiae.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

Petitioner, a Judge of the County Court, Onondaga County, asks us to review a determination of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, sustaining four of seven charges of misconduct and removing him from office (see, NY Const, art VI, § 22; Judiciary Law § 44). The Commission concluded that petitioner failed to maintain the "high standards of conduct" necessary...

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