Douglas County Probate Judge Christina J. Peterson. (Courtesy photo)
Ethics proceedings set to begin on St. Patrick’s Day for Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson have been postponed amid developments about the permissibility of the misconduct probe brought by the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia.
The deferral comes one day after the Supreme Court of Georgia remanded the ethics case of suspended Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Christian Coomer upon clarifying that the JQC lacks jurisdiction over pre-judicial conduct.
’2 Errors’: JQC Mistake Leads Supreme Court to Remand Ethics Case Against Judge
‘Postponement Is Appropriate’
Judge Robert McBurney, presiding officer, judge member–Fulton County Superior Court. (Photo: John Disney/ALM)
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