Opinion ID: 2171066
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Judgment of Discipline

Text: The Board recommended to this court that respondent be removed from office and be assessed $43,000 in costs and expenses for these proceedings. We reject the assessment of costs and expenses as unauthorized by the Rules of Board on Judicial Standards. Although Rule 10(d)(7) authorizes the assessment of costs and expenses as a sanction, Rule 11 explicitly provides that the items of costs and expenses assessed by the Board are not authorized: Rule 11(a) provides that witness expenses shall be borne by the party calling the witness, with exceptions not here applicable; Rule 11(b) provides a transcript of the proceedings to the subject judge without cost; and Rule 11(c) states that all other costs of the proceedings shall be at the public expense. We accept the Board's recommendation of removal. It is the order and judgment of this court that respondent, Robert Crane Winton, Jr., be and hereby is removed from his office as district court judge. AMDAHL, C.J., and TODD, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.