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The Supreme Court today removed a St. Joseph County circuit court judge from the bench for drunkenly driving his car into the local trading post and then cooking up different stories about what happened to the police, public and the media.
Judge James Noecker, a judge in the 45th Circuit, was removed from office after a March 2003 accident in which he drove his car at about five miles an hour into the Klinger Lake Trading Post. He then left the scene to find the owner of the business, who apparently was fishing at a nearby lake. When he didn't find him, the judge said he went home, took a shot of vodka, and blew a .10 when police came to question him two hours later…
Justice Michael Cavanagh, in his dissenting opinion, said judges have engaged in much more egregious behavior and have been met with far less penalty than getting kicked off the bench…”While (Noecker's) story about the accident is undeniably suspicious, there is no proof that (he) lied," Cavanagh wrote. "Without more than speculation that (he) was being untruthful in denying that he drank before he drove, the most severe punishment hardly seems fitting.
Why don’t we just give him a slap on the wrist? - Good Ole Boys Club Chairman
The Supreme Court today removed a St. Joseph County circuit court judge from the bench for drunkenly driving his car into the local trading post and then cooking up different stories about what happened to the police, public and the media.
Judge James Noecker, a judge in the 45th Circuit, was removed from office after a March 2003 accident in which he drove his car at about five miles an hour into the Klinger Lake Trading Post. He then left the scene to find the owner of the business, who apparently was fishing at a nearby lake. When he didn't find him, the judge said he went home, took a shot of vodka, and blew a .10 when police came to question him two hours later…
Justice Michael Cavanagh, in his dissenting opinion, said judges have engaged in much more egregious behavior and have been met with far less penalty than getting kicked off the bench…”While (Noecker's) story about the accident is undeniably suspicious, there is no proof that (he) lied," Cavanagh wrote. "Without more than speculation that (he) was being untruthful in denying that he drank before he drove, the most severe punishment hardly seems fitting.
Why don’t we just give him a slap on the wrist? - Good Ole Boys Club Chairman
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