Madison Judge Slapped For Judicial Errors
Posted on Wednesday, 18 of November , 2009 at 1:50 pm
MADISON COUNTY—The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined that Robert W. Engle, a justice of the Madison Town Court, Madison County, should be admonished for “serious administrative errors that were prejudicial to the parties and the proper administration of justice.”
In a determination dated Nov. 9, the commission found that Judge Engle sent fine notices to three defendants without a trial or guilty plea, sent payment notices to two other defendants who had already paid their fines, and improperly initiated the suspension of defendants’ driver’s licenses in six cases.
The commission concluded that these errors were “apparently caused by deficiencies in record-keeping and case management.”
The commission noted that as a result of these derelictions, “at least two defendants consulted an attorney; one defendant paid a fine he had already paid; and in each case the defendant had to contact the court to resolve the error in order to avoid further adverse consequences.”
The commission found that the judge also disqualified himself and his co-justice in two cases without his co-justice’s knowledge or consent, and without following the appropriate procedures.
http://www.scjc.state.ny.us/Determinations/E/engle(2).pdf 11-18-09
Category: Courts, New York State
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