The state judicial ethics commission should not have reprimanded a Dallas judge who told a man convicted of brutally killing a child that he deserved to die...
Chief Justice Robert Burns III, of Dallas’ Fifth Court of Appeals, said the brutal killing of 4-year-old girl took emotional toll on him.
Texas’ Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly admonished Burns last year for comments he made to Phifer as he delivered the sentence. Burns appealed the admonishment to the state’s highest civil court.‘You should die in a locked closet’: Dallas judge admonished for comments made to a murder defendant
A medical examiner said Leiliana was covered in bruises and abrasions and that her death was caused by blunt-force injuries to herBurns spoke to Phifer while jurors were present as he delivered their sentence and told Phifer that the case was the worst he’d ever seen. The state’s judicial conduct commission found Burns’ comment was “undignified and discourteous.” The state commission pointed to the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct, which requires judges to treat those who come before them with patience and courtesy. The commission also noted the Texas Constitution, which prohibits judges from behavior that “casts public discredit upon the judiciary.”The Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court appointed a special court to review the Commission’s decision.
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