Judge Franklin Bynum of Houston, TX; moronic scofflaw

The state of Texas provided Franklin Gordon Bynum with a law license in 2009 after he graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) School of Law.

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct found Frankie guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

• During an interview with The Nation magazine, Frankie openly expressed his desire even after assuming the bench to contribute to the “demolition” of the criminal justice system as it currently exists
• Failed to maintain professional competence in the law (moron)
• Frankie engaged in a panel discussion on local TV show titled “Reasonable Doubt” sponsored by the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Assn during which he disparaged the Texas judiciary as a whole
• Disparaged the training program for new judges, and Judge Mark Atkinson, the director of the Texas Center for the Judiciary, for his contribution to what Frankie described as a failed system
• In public statements after taking office, Frankie made it clear that he would continue his advocacy for criminal justice reform in his role as a judge, and exhibited contempt for the pillars of said system
• Frankie presided over State of Texas v. Christopher Bales and engaged in a series of bad faith decisions that ultimately led to his recusal
• In the Bales case, Frankie exhibited an improper and abusive demeanor towards DA Michael Eber
• Issued illegal orders of protection directing the Harris County Sheriff’s Office not to collect DNA specimens from defendants convicted of certain misdemeanor offenses, despite the mandates of Tex. Gov’t Code Sec. 411.1471(b)(1)
• Frankie’s repeated issuance of not finding probable cause in alleged family violence and protective order violations demonstrated his bias and/or prejudice against victims of domestic assaults
• Accepted a plea agreement that included a statutory 30-day jail sentence, but then illegally award the defendant credit for 30 days in jail when he was in custody for only two days
• Frequently denied requests by the State to provide an existing record or require a court reporter to record the proceedings before him
• Following a series of failures of a defendant to appear, Frankie failed to forfeit the defendant’s bond on the State’s motion despite Texas Criminal Law mandating that he so act
• Failed to perform his judicial duties without bias or prejudice
• Failed to accord every person who has a legal interest in a proceeding, or that person’s law, the right to be heard according to law (aka, due process)
• Failed to comply with the law (scofflaw)

Apparently, Frankie is of the firm believe that "due process" is the means by which the grass becomes moist in the a.m. 

All that remains now is to see what if any punishment is meted out to Frankie by the enablers for Judicial Misfits sitting on the Texas Supreme Court.

As we speak (ca. September 2022), Frankie practices his so-called idea of jurisprudence as a Harris County Criminal Court Judge in Houston, Texas.