Fla. Supremes Bench 'Touchy' Judge For Illegal Use Of Hands, Representing Mom In F'closure Case While Working As Jurist, Getting Illegal Campaign Loan
In Tallahassee, Florida, The Associated Press reports:
- The state Supreme Court suspended the law license of a former central Florida judge who had been removed from office for unethical and illegal conduct. The justices [...] ordered that N. James Turner be immediately suspended for 90 days.
- They removed him as a circuit judge in Osceola County in November for ethics violations that included hugging and kissing a female court worker without her permission.
- The high court also found Turner violated judicial ethics by representing his mother in a foreclosure case while a sitting judge.
- In addition, the justices ruled he violated the state's campaign finance law by accepting and failing to report a $30,000 campaign loan from her. The loan violated a limit of $500 per contribution.
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