MISS. COM'N ON JUD. PERFORMANCE v. PATTON

No. 2010-JP-01387-SCT.

57 So.3d 626 (2011)

MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE v. Houston J. PATTON.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 31, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darlene D. Ballard , attorney for appellant.

Sorie S. Tarawally , Jackson, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.


LAMAR, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. The Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance recommended that Houston J. Patton, County Court Judge for Hinds County, be publicly reprimanded and ordered to pay a fine of $1,000 and costs of $100 for engaging in ex parte communications, misusing his contempt power, failing to properly notice hearings, granting relief not requested, and issuing a search warrant without legal authority, all actions which the Commission...

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