Ethics
Choose suspended after 17 alleged conduct violations, together with not disclosing stepson’s look in his court docket
The Ohio Supreme Court docket justices have suspended Sandusky County Frequent Pleas Court docket Choose Jon Ickes from the bench for 2 years with out pay due to 17 alleged conduct violations, together with presiding over circumstances that concerned his stepson. (Photograph from the Sandusky County Common Pleas Court)
The Ohio Supreme Court docket justices have suspended a county decide from the bench for 2 years with out pay due to 17 alleged conduct violations, together with presiding over circumstances that concerned his stepson, based on a Wednesday press release from the court docket.
The state supreme court docket’s actions are in response to Sandusky County Frequent Pleas Court docket Choose Jon Ickes’ alleged habits, together with utilizing a racial slur inside earshot of a felony defendant; utilizing a “lewd and vulgar” nickname for a kid rape case; and never disqualifying himself from two circumstances through which his stepson testified as a state legislation enforcement witness, amongst others.
Of the 17 allegations, the Ohio Supreme Court docket’s disciplinary counsel discovered that Ickes dedicated 10, based on the press launch.
The justices famous that Ickes had not resigned, regardless of the disciplinary findings towards him, and that “an precise suspension is critical to guard the general public and display that we are going to not tolerate the infantile, inappropriate and vulgar habits Ickes exhibited in chambers and within the courtroom,” the state supreme court docket stated.
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