FriscoLady
11-01-2003, 07:58 AM
Thought you folks from Georgia would like to see this. A fine example of upstanding Judges.
"Panel: Remove judge over military offenses
Associated Press
ATLANTA — A state oversight board recommended that a Cherokee County judge be removed from the bench for offenses he committed while serving in the military and for not disclosing them when he ran for office.
The offenses for which Cherokee Chief Magistrate Charles T. Robertson II was found guilty in the 1970s included the sale of guided missile equipment and drug possession.
On Oct. 20, the State Judicial Qualifications Commission said Robertson should be removed “at once.” The panel’s recommendation was filed with the Georgia Supreme Court, which will consider the petition and issue a final ruling, expected sometime next year.
A challenge against Robertson was filed after disclosures that he was court-martialed more than 20 years ago while in the Army. He was found guilty in 1979 of wrongfully selling military property — an infrared guided missile tracker and a guided missile remote control test set valued at more than $4,700.
About a year later, Robertson pleaded guilty to possessing about seven grams of methamphetamine. For that, he was ordered to forfeit all pay and was given a bad-conduct discharge.
At that time, Robertson’s name was Charles Sexton. He changed his name to Charles T. Robertson II after he left the military, the judicial commission noted.
Robertson’s lawyer, David Myers, said the judge will ask the state’s highest court to reject the recommendation.
“The Judicial Qualifications Commission never should have pursued this as far as it has,” Myers said.
Robertson, who obtained his law degree from John Marshall Law School in 1993, became Cherokee’s chief magistrate in January 2001.
The judicial commission rejected his argument that his past offenses were the equivalent of misdemeanors. Instead, the panel found, the offenses were the equivalent of felonies under Georgia law."
"Panel: Remove judge over military offenses
Associated Press
ATLANTA — A state oversight board recommended that a Cherokee County judge be removed from the bench for offenses he committed while serving in the military and for not disclosing them when he ran for office.
The offenses for which Cherokee Chief Magistrate Charles T. Robertson II was found guilty in the 1970s included the sale of guided missile equipment and drug possession.
On Oct. 20, the State Judicial Qualifications Commission said Robertson should be removed “at once.” The panel’s recommendation was filed with the Georgia Supreme Court, which will consider the petition and issue a final ruling, expected sometime next year.
A challenge against Robertson was filed after disclosures that he was court-martialed more than 20 years ago while in the Army. He was found guilty in 1979 of wrongfully selling military property — an infrared guided missile tracker and a guided missile remote control test set valued at more than $4,700.
About a year later, Robertson pleaded guilty to possessing about seven grams of methamphetamine. For that, he was ordered to forfeit all pay and was given a bad-conduct discharge.
At that time, Robertson’s name was Charles Sexton. He changed his name to Charles T. Robertson II after he left the military, the judicial commission noted.
Robertson’s lawyer, David Myers, said the judge will ask the state’s highest court to reject the recommendation.
“The Judicial Qualifications Commission never should have pursued this as far as it has,” Myers said.
Robertson, who obtained his law degree from John Marshall Law School in 1993, became Cherokee’s chief magistrate in January 2001.
The judicial commission rejected his argument that his past offenses were the equivalent of misdemeanors. Instead, the panel found, the offenses were the equivalent of felonies under Georgia law."