Judiciary
Public Reprimand Recommended for Fla. Appeals Court Judge
Posted Jul 18, 2008, 05:06 pm CDT
By Martha Neil
A Florida appeals court judge who criticized a fellow jurist in a written opinion should be publicly reprimanded, a hearing panel has recommended.
It is now up to the Florida Supreme Court to decide whether to reprimand 1st District Court of Appeal Judge Michael Allen in the highly unusual case, if he challenges the recommendation. The matter concerns a claim by Allen in a written opinion that a fellow appeals court justice in the 1st District, Charles Kahn Jr., cast what the Fort Mill Times characterizes as a "corrupt vote" in a case against a former president of the Florida state senate.
Allen's opinion was "reckless and had no objectively reasonable factual basis," the state Judicial… Continue reading...
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