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MATTER OF LENNEY

71 N.Y.2d 456 (1988)

In the Matter of James R. Lenney, a Justice of the Herkimer Village Court, Petitioner. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Gerald Fiesinger, Jr., for petitioner.

Jean M. Savanyu and Gerald Stern for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur in Per Curiam opinion; Judge ALEXANDER taking no part.

Per Curiam.

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct found that four charges of misconduct had been sustained against petitioner, an attorney and part-time Herkimer Village Justice since 1974, and determined that the sanction of removal was appropriate. First, the Commission found that, based upon 35 criminal cases and six civil cases, petitioner had "engaged in a persistent and pervasive pattern of neglect of his judicial...

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