Supreme Court of Florida

A stipulation between the Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) and a judge and a recommendation of the JQC that the judge be publicly reprimanded for violating the Code of Judicial Conduct are accepted and approved, respectively, in a case involving charges related to viewing of pornography from a courthouse computer, a failure to disclose a juror written communication, and improper contact and communication with female attorneys.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/13/2006
• Published 07/13/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Honorable James R. Wolf, Chairman, Tallahassee, FL, Brooke S. Kennerly, Executive Director, Tallahassee, FL, Marvin E. Barkin, Interim General Counsel, Tampa, FL, John R. Beranek, Counsel to Hearing Panel, Tallahassee, FL, E. Lanny Russell and Scott B. Kalil of Smith, Hulsey and Busey, Special Counsel, Jacksonville, FL, for Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission, Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Judge Brandt C. Downey, III, pro se, Clearwater, FL, for Respondent.