MATTER OF WASHINGTON


100 N.Y.2d 873 (2003)

800 N.E.2d 348

768 N.Y.S.2d 175

In the Matter of ROSEANNA H. WASHINGTON, Judge of the White Plains City Court, Westchester County, Petitioner. STATE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 21, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah A. Scalise, Elmsford, and Julie Kattan for petitioner.

Gerald Stern, New York City, Robert H. Tembeckjian and Alan W. Friedberg for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SMITH, CIPARICK, ROSENBLATT, GRAFFEO and READ concur in per curiam opinion.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

The Commission on Judicial Conduct sustained two charges of misconduct and determined that petitioner, a part-time City Court Judge, should be removed from office (see NY Const, art VI, § 22; Judiciary Law § 44). Based upon our plenary review of the evidence, we sustain the findings of misconduct and accept the determined sanction of removal.1

Petitioner was appointed...

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