Case Name: In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge, Hugh M. FLETCHER, No. 93-391
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-01-11
Citations: 666 So. 2d 137
Docket Number: No. 83957
Parties: In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge, Hugh M. FLETCHER, No. 93-391.
Judges: Anstead, J., filed specially concurring opinion.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 666
Pages: 137–140

Head Matter:
In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge, Hugh M. FLETCHER, No. 93-391.
No. 83957.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Jan. 11, 1996.
Anstead, J., filed specially concurring opinion.
Wells, J., filed dissenting opinion in which Shaw and Kogan, JJ., joined.
Frank N. Kaney, Chairman and Ford L. Thompson, General Counsel, Tallahassee, and Frank D. Upchurch, III of Upchurch, Bailey and Upchurch, P.A., St. Augustine, Special Counsel for Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission, for Petitioner.
Kenneth Vickers of Vickers & Andrews, Jacksonville, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In our previous opinion, we remanded this case to the Judicial Qualifications Commission to give it the opportunity to supplement the record or submit an explanation addressing the Court's concerns. In re Fletcher, 664 So.2d 934 (Fla.1995). The Commission has now submitted the following reply:
Replying to the Court's request dated October 12,1995 for an explanation for the stipulation entered into between Judge Hugh M. Fletcher and the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission, the Commission responds that a full inquiry extending over eleven months was made, including the taking of fourteen discovery depositions and the interviewing of a number of other potential witnesses. After all available evidence was reviewed and the sufficiency of the proofs was evaluated, and upon the advice of special independent counsel, the Commission concluded by a vote of not less than nine members that acceptance of the negotiated plea and stipulation and the consequent recommendation to the Court were in the best interest of the State of Florida.
Upon examination of the stipulation and recommendation of the Commission, which are quoted in our previous opinion, we find Judge Fletcher guilty of violating canons 1 and 2A of the Florida Code of Judicial Conduct and publicly reprimand him for his actions.
It is so ordered.
GRIMES, C.J., and OVERTON and HARDING, JJ., concur.
ANSTEAD, J., concurs specially with an opinion.
WELLS, J., dissents with an opinion, in which SHAW and KOGAN, JJ., concur.