June 23, 2022 at 10:15 p.m
- Bondsman criticized the judge’s decision in the rape case
- The judge scheduled a meeting to confront the bail bondsman
A public reprimand is the appropriate sanction for a trial court judge who berated a bail bondsman for publishing negative opinions about the judge’s decisions in a rape case, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled.
The disciplinary proceedings stem from a case in which Judge Eric W. Norris of the Superior Court for the Western Judicial Circuit scheduled a meeting with a bail bondsman named Nathan Owens, who had posted online about an alleged rapist that Norris released on his own initiative became . Norris ignored the serf’s request for an attorney and raised his voice during the meeting.
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David McAfee
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