The New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday reprimanded a former judge for denying two men public defenders in a criminal trial while at the same time stepping into the role of prosecutor.
In disciplining former Linden Municipal Court Judge Louis DiLeo, the unanimous court adopted a new standard for imposing punishment on judges when their conduct on the bench runs awry: where a “reasonably prudent and competent judge” would consider the conduct “obviously and seriously wrong in all circumstances.”
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