Judge Arthur Miclette of Crown Point, NY; ethical goblin

FYI: In addition to being paid as the Crown Point Justice of the Peace, Art is also a mechanic, owns and operates Village Auto, a car repair shop in Crown Point.

The New York Commission on Judicial Conduct found Art guilty of engaging in the following misconduct.

• Failed to deposit court funds within 72 hours of receipt as required by the Uniform Civil Rules for Justice Courts
• Over an extended period of time, Art made sporadic deposits, allowing weeks and/or months to elapse in the interim, notwithstanding the collection of significant court funds
• Failed to timely file reports or remit court funds to the State Comptroller for several months as required by the Uniform Justice Court Act.
• Art delegated the task of receiving, depositing, remitting and reporting court funds to his original part-time court clerk, who contemporaneously held multiple part-time jobs that at times distracted her from her court duties
• Failed to supervise his court clerk adequately and recognizes that he is ultimately personally responsible for all court funds

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As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the cheerleaders for Judicial Misfits sitting  on the Judicial Conduct Commission punished Art by gifting him with a complimentary censure.

As we speak (ca. September 2023), Art continues to dispense his so-called brand of jurisprudence as a Crown Point Justice of the Peace in Crown Point, New York.