The Michigan Supreme Court imposed a 60-day unpaid suspension on Wayne County Circuit Judge Bruce Morrow today — 30 days less than the Judicial Tenure Commission recommended for his misconduct, Paul Egan reports in the Detroit News.
Morrow, who in 2009 unlawfully closed a courtroom for a hearing in a criminal case — even expelling members of the victim’s family — was accused of “continually doing what he wanted regardless of the law.”
His 60-day suspension was ordered in a 5-2 opinion.
“In our view, the totality of the evidence in this case paints a portrait of a judicial officer who was unable to ‘separate the authority of the judicial office he holds from his personal convictions,’ ” said the majority opinion of the court.
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