Court Opinion

ID: 9784774
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-30 20:53:30.693417+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:35:58.931449
License: Public Domain

Justice SAYLOR,
dissenting.
While crediting the factual assertions contained in Judge Sprague’s decision on Appellant’s motion to recuse, I am nevertheless of the view that Rule 5(C)(2) of the Rules Governing the Conduct of Members of the Court of Judicial Discipline — which provides that “[a] member should not participate in a proceeding in which the member’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned” — compelled his recusal on account of his representation of Robert Powell and PA Child Care, LLC, who and which were connected to the extraordinary judicial corruption present in Luzerne County in a time period relevant to the proceedings against Appellant.