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In re Baxter

Supreme Court of Michigan
Nov 5, 1999
461 Mich. 1212 (Mich. 1999)

Opinion

No. 111716.

November 5, 1999.


Order Entered November 5, 1999:

On order of the Court, the case is remanded to the Judicial Tenure Commission for reconsideration and further explanation of its decision and recommendation. In particular, the commission is to reconsider and explain its conclusion that a public censure is appropriate in this case, in light of its conclusion that a ninety-day suspension without pay is appropriate in In re Chmura, Formal Complaint No. 56, Supreme Court Docket No. 112062. The commission is also to reconsider and explain its conclusion that the judge did not engage in an improper ex parte communication with defense counsel, in light of the Court of Appeals decision reversing defendant's conviction on grounds of judicial misconduct in People v. Bell, unpublished per curiam of the Court of Appeals, decided October 22, 1999 (Docket No. 195999). The further explanation is to be filed with the Clerk of the Supreme Court within forty-two days after the date of this order. Jurisdiction is retained.


I would not find a remand to be necessary and would adopt the commission's decision and recommendation.


I join in the statement of Justice CAVANAGH.


Summaries of

In re Baxter

Supreme Court of Michigan
Nov 5, 1999
461 Mich. 1212 (Mich. 1999)
Case details for

In re Baxter

Case Details

Full title:In Re BAXTER

Court:Supreme Court of Michigan

Date published: Nov 5, 1999

Citations

461 Mich. 1212 (Mich. 1999)