Fulton County, GA back in the news over a trial involving RICO cases. The early reporting is one of the defendants accused the judge of holding ex parte meetings without the defendant/defendant's counsel present. There are instances these meetings can occur, but they're not common, especially given the judge apparently made no attempt afterwards to declare the ex parte meeting. I know it doesn't seem like Fulton County practices legitimate law but if these allegations are true, it's pretty serious. Especially considering the judge has ordered the attorney to serve jail time for refusing to cooperate (by not telling the judge where he heard about the meeting.)
Georgia's Code of Judicial Conduct Rule 3.4
The reporting on this as it's unfolding is wild (& eye opening).
Georgia's Code of Judicial Conduct Rule 3.4
Judges shall accord to every person who has a legal interest in a proceeding, or that person’s lawyer, the right to be heard according to law. Judges shall not initiate, permit, or consider ex parte communications, or consider other communications made to them outside the presence of the parties, or their lawyers, concerning a pending proceeding or impending matter, subject to the following listed exceptions
The reporting on this as it's unfolding is wild (& eye opening).
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