DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. STUARD

No. 2008-1237.

121 Ohio St.3d 29 (2009)

2009-Ohio-261

DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. STUARD, JUDGE. DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. BECKER. DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. BAILEY.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided January 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan E. Coughlan, Disciplinary Counsel, and Robert R. Berger, Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, for relator.

Charles Richards, for respondent Judge Stuard.

Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter, Geoffrey Stern, Rasheeda Khan, and S. Michael Miller, for respondents Becker and Bailey.


Per Curiam.

{¶ 1} We must decide in this case the appropriate sanctions for a judge who asked an assistant county prosecutor to prepare a sentencing order via ex parte communications, the assistant county prosecutor who prepared the order, and a second assistant county prosecutor, who reviewed it. The Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline found that the judge violated the...

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