Less than a week after California's Commission on Judicial Performance launched proceedings against a Sonoma County judge who allegedly tried to use her position to avoid a DUI arrest, another jurist is facing a similar predicament. Judge Bernard Schwartz has pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of driving with a blood alcohol level of more than twice the legal limit. The commission will look into allegations that Schwartz tried to avoid arrest and get preferential treatment because he is a judge.
March 02, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Less than a week after California’s Commission on Judicial Performance launched formal proceedings against a Sonoma County judge who allegedly tried to use her position to avoid a DUI arrest, another jurist is facing a similar predicament in Riverside County.
Judge Bernard Schwartz pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of driving with a blood alcohol level of more than twice the legal limit while in Pismo Beach last summer.
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