Case Title: IMO ROBERT A. JONES

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Docket Number: d-98-08-opn

State: new-jersey

Court: New Jersey Supreme Court

Date: 2009-06-02T00:00:00Z

Document:
This case can also be found at 199 N.J. 118, 970 A.2d 1039. 

                                      SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY
                                       D-
98 September Term 2008

IN THE MATTER OF         :
                                               ORDER
ROBERT A. JONES,         :

A JUDGE OF THE           :

                         :
MUNICIPAL COURT

     The Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct having filed with

the Court pursuant to Rule 2:15-15(a), a presentment recommending

that ROBERT A. JONES, a Judge of the Municipal Court of the

Township of Livingston, be publicly reprimanded for violating

Canon 1 (a judge should observe high standards of conduct so the

integrity and independence of the judiciary may be preserved),

Canon 2A (a judge should respect and comply with the law and act

at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the

integrity and impartiality of the judiciary), and Canon 5A(2)(a

judge should conduct all extra-judicial activities in a manner
that does not demean the judicial office), and for engaging in

misconduct in office and in conduct prejudicial to the

administration of justice that brings the judicial office into

disrepute, in violation of Rule 2:15-8(a)(1) and(6);

     And respondent, through counsel, having accepted the

findings and recommendation for discipline of the Advisory

Committee on Judicial Conduct and having waived his right to the

issuance of an Order to Show Cause and a hearing before the

Supreme Court;

      And good cause appearing;

      It is ORDERED that the findings and recommendation of the

Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct are adopted and ROBERT A.

JONES, a Judge of the Municipal Court of the Township of

Livingston, is hereby publicly reprimanded.

      WITNESS, the Honorable Stuart Rabner, Chief Justice, at

Trenton, this 1st day of June, 2009.

                                  CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT

Filed 6/2/09