State cites judges for fixing traffic ticket
NORWICH – A Town of Norwich justice tendered his resignation and a Guilford justice was censured by a state commission after it found the men were involved in fixing a traffic ticket for a Norwich City Schools bus driver in 2008.
Attorneys for the commission said the driver had been involved in an occupied school bus crash in which police said he failed to yield the right of way.
As a result of the investigation, Norwich Justice David J. Evans resigned April 1, with eight months left on his current term. He also agreed not to seek any judicial office in the future, reported the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
The commission also censured Town of Guilford Justice David P. Daniels.
“Judge Daniels, a judge in the neighboring town from Norwich, the Town of Guilford, intervened in a pending traffic matter in Judge Evans’ court on behalf of Larry Bates (bus driver) ... Evans responded to that intervention by dismissing Mr. Bates’ traffic ticket,” Commission Attorney Charles F. Farcher said at a July 19 hearing.
The city school district confirmed Thursday that both Daniels and Bates are still employed in the transportation department. Daniels is the transportation director.
Farcher contends that several weeks after the accident, Daniels appeared in Norwich Town Court on Bates’ behalf and asked for the ticket to be dismissed by Evans. Daniels told the commission that he didn’t attempt to fix the ticket and only took it to Evans’ court as a favor to his co-worker.
Evans dismissed the ticket and was accused of granting special consideration to the defendant in the case. The bus driver never appeared in court or entered a plea, according to the commission.
Attorneys for the commission said the driver had been involved in an occupied school bus crash in which police said he failed to yield the right of way.
As a result of the investigation, Norwich Justice David J. Evans resigned April 1, with eight months left on his current term. He also agreed not to seek any judicial office in the future, reported the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
The commission also censured Town of Guilford Justice David P. Daniels.
“Judge Daniels, a judge in the neighboring town from Norwich, the Town of Guilford, intervened in a pending traffic matter in Judge Evans’ court on behalf of Larry Bates (bus driver) ... Evans responded to that intervention by dismissing Mr. Bates’ traffic ticket,” Commission Attorney Charles F. Farcher said at a July 19 hearing.
The city school district confirmed Thursday that both Daniels and Bates are still employed in the transportation department. Daniels is the transportation director.
Farcher contends that several weeks after the accident, Daniels appeared in Norwich Town Court on Bates’ behalf and asked for the ticket to be dismissed by Evans. Daniels told the commission that he didn’t attempt to fix the ticket and only took it to Evans’ court as a favor to his co-worker.
Evans dismissed the ticket and was accused of granting special consideration to the defendant in the case. The bus driver never appeared in court or entered a plea, according to the commission.
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