A town and village justice in Wayne County has resigned while under investigation by New York’s State Commission on Judicial Conduct. Judge Scott Stone of the Wolcott and Butler Courts was being investigated for comments made at a village board meeting; statements the commission said indicated “disdain for certain laws and aspects of the […]
The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has removed Rochester City Court Judge Leticia Astacio from office. The decision of the 11-member panel was unanimous. Commission Administrator Robert Tembeckjian said after a lengthy process, the commission based its decision on her original conviction for drunken driving, her reaction to state troopers on her […]
The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has censured Judge James Piampiano over his handling of the Charles Tan murder trial in Rochester. The report released by the commission today concludes an investigation begun last fall after then-Monroe County Court Judge Piampiano threw out the murder charges against the Pittsford teenager. Judge Piampiano was […]