A Rochester-area judge has resigned after he was accused by a disciplinary panel of asking a local police chief to waive criminal charges for his former brother-in-law, who was suspected of driving while intoxicated.

James Mann, a justice in the town and village of Nunda in Livingston County, agreed to forfeit his spot on the bench after nearly two decades in office. Mann, who is not an attorney, had just been reelected to the bench in November.

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