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FB916016CDB90B208725889A00720E23 Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE JUDICIAL BRANCH AND THE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE

INTERIM COMMITTEE  LEGISLATIVE INTERIM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE
Date Aug 10, 2022      
Location SCR 357



Recommendations from the Judicial Branch and the Commission on Judicial Discipline - Committee Discussion Only


02:45:50 PM  

Steve Vaconcellos, Judicial Branch State Court Administrator, and Elizabeth Espinosa Krupa and David Prince from the Commission on Judicial Discipline discussed agreed upon judicial discipline recommendations.  They referenced documents and letters in response from the Judicial Branch and the Commission that are located on the committee's website:  https://leg.colorado.gov/content/ijudicialdiscipline2022a-0.

They discussed confidentiality and transparency and exceptions for complainants.  A pool of special masters to review cases involving supreme court justices was next discussed.  Other areas of agreement included commission member terms, victims rights, and subpoena powers.

 

03:02:18 PM  
Committee members asked questions about
implementing rules or statutes to further recommendations.  Further
discussion ensued about ceasing confidentiality in judicial misconduct
proceedings, as well as formal and informal sanctions.  Conversation
followed about tracking metrics and repeated cases of misconduct.


The presenters discussed areas in which
they did not agree, including duty of disclosure and enforcement..


 

 
03:32:33 PM  

Additional areas of disagreement were explained by the presenters, including disqualification standards and rule-making authority. 

Committee members asked questions about accountability and one and two-tier structures.  The conversation turned to special masters for supreme court judicial misconduct and how to best randomly select them.  Committee members inquired about de novo appellate reviews. 

 

04:06:32 PM  

Questions were raised by committee members about anonymous complaints.






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