Court Opinion

ID: 9540655
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:18:36.696463+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:00:08.842986
License: Public Domain

ANDERSON, PAUL H., Justice
(concurring in part and dissenting in part).
I concur in part and respectfully dissent in part. I agree with the majority that a public reprimand as an attorney is warranted for Judge Blakely, and if Judge Blakely ceases to be a judge before his term of judicial suspension ends, then he is to be suspended from the practice of law for a term equivalent to the balance of his judicial suspension.
While I agree with the majority’s analysis of the facts and the law of this case, I disagree with the sanction it imposes. The majority concluded that in consideration of the totality of the circumstances, the appropriate sanction for Judge Blakely is censure and suspension from judicial duties without pay for 6 months. I conclude that Judge Blakely’s conduct warrants a more severe sanction. A more appropriate sanction for Judge Blakely’s conduct is censure and suspension from judicial duties without pay for a period of time commencing with the date of this opinion and ending on June 30, 2010.