Opinion ID: 1564143
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Heading: whether judge osborne should be removed from office and assessed the costs of this proceeding as recommended by the commission.

Text: ¶ 19. In Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. Gibson, 883 So.2d 1155, 1158 (Miss.2004), this Court modified In Re Baker, 535 So.2d 47 (Miss. 1988). In Gibson, this Court held: [W]e modify Baker to apply generally to the determination of all sanctions in judicial misconduct proceedings (rather than merely applying to the question of public reprimand) and examine the appropriateness of such sanctions based on the following factors: (1) The length and character of the judge's public service; (2) Whether there is any prior case law on point; (3) The magnitude of the offense and the harm suffered; (4) Whether the misconduct is an isolated incident or evidences a pattern of conduct; (5) Whether moral turpitude was involved; and (6) The presence or absence of mitigating or aggravating circumstances. Gibson, 883 So.2d at 1158 (footnote omitted). We now examine the appropriateness of sanctions based on the six factors.