NCJ Number
179298
Date Published
1998
Length
96 pages
Annotation
This is a summary of the California Commission on Judicial Performance’s activities during 1998.
Abstract
The report presents data in the following categories: (1) Overview of the Complaint Process (commission’s authority, how matters are brought before the Commission, judicial misconduct, what the commission cannot do, review and investigation of complaints, action the Commission can take, confidentiality); (2) Legal Authority and Commission Procedures (including Supreme Court review, statute of limitations, standard of proof, confidentiality of Commission proceedings); (3) Subordinate Judicial Officers; (4) 1998 Statistics (complaints received and investigated, complaint dispositions); (5) Case Summaries (public discipline, private admonishments, advisory letters); (6) Voluntary Disability Retirement; and (7) Commission Organization, Staff and Budget. Appendixes, figures