Court Opinion

ID: 9884708
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-06 03:08:58.944646+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:48:40.163520
License: Public Domain

ALLBEE, Justice
(concurring in part and dissenting in part).
While I am satisfied that Judge Carsten-sen knowingly and persistently disregarded the requirements of rule 200 and that his conduct is deserving of censure by this court, I believe that the penalty exacted is greater than warranted under the circumstances. A penalty that deprives one of eight and one-third percent of his gross annual judicial compensation is a high price to pay under any set of circumstances, and, it seems to me, is out of proportion to the defalcation here. Certainly a censure would constitute punishment in the form of a rebuke by this court; a censure would indelibly blemish the judge’s record of service; a censure without doubt would be the cause of chagrin and ignominy to the judge. A censure, in addition, would serve as notice to others that such inattention to judicial duties does not go unnoticed and will not go unpunished. Thus, I concur in the court’s findings but dissent from the sanction imposed.