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August 19, 2002 See news release 59 for concurrences/dissents SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA No. 2002-O-1975 IN RE: JUDGE SHARON K. HUNTER, CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS

ON RECOMMENDATION FOR DISCIPLINE FROM THE JUDICIARY COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA CALOGERO, Chief Justice This judicial discipline matter comes before the court on the recommendation of the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana, a constitutional body charged with initiating disciplinary action against a judge, that Judge Sharon K. Hunter of the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, be removed from judicial office and ordered to reimburse the Commission the costs incurred in the investigation and prosecution of the case. The Commission conducted an investigatory hearing, made findings of fact and conclusions of law, and determined that respondent violated Canon 3(B)(1) of the Code of Judicial Conduct and La. Const. art. V,

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