From Colorado comes news that a sitting judge was carrying on with a local attorney. Maybe not that big of a deal if they had been out in the open about it and they had no professional dealings. I know of several local attorneys who are married to local judges. Interestingly, they are all very, very good lawyers.
However, the attorney, who was a prosecutor, was assigned to this judge's courtroom and the affair was kept secret. She was handling 'dispositions', which the article does not define, but I would gather that it involved changes of plea. For those who are inexperienced with these matters, it is quite common for aspects of plea bargains to remain open, that is, for the court to decide these matters. Terms and length of probation are commonly left open for the court to decide, although there may be other conditions as well. For these two to do this should result in the disbarring of both of them and a re-examination of all dispositions conducted by her in his courtroom.
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