JUDICIAL INQ. AND REVIEW COM'N v. PEATROSS

Record No. 042306.

611 S.E.2d 392 (2005)

269 Va. 428

JUDICIAL INQUIRY AND REVIEW COMMISSION OF VIRGINIA v. Paul M. PEATROSS, Jr., Judge of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 22, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Curry (Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, on briefs), for petitioner.

James C. Roberts; Russell V. Palmore (Stephen D. Otero; Troutman Sanders, on brief), Richmond, for respondent.

Present: KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, and AGEE, JJ., and CARRICO, COMPTON, and RUSSELL, S.JJ.


KINSER, Justice.

Pursuant to Article VI, Section 10 of the Constitution of Virginia, the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission (the Commission), filed a complaint in this Court against Paul M. Peatross, Jr., judge of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit. The Commission alleged that certain charges against Judge Peatross for violating the Canons of Judicial Conduct for the Commonwealth of Virginia (the Canons), Va. Sup.Ct. R. Part 6, § III, were well-founded and of...

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