Name: William Roarty Aka-O'Roarty
Title: Judge
Court: Northeast District Court
County: King
Discipline: Admonishment
Method of Resolution: Stipulation
Discipline Date: 04/02/1993
Canons Violated:1, 2(A), 3(A)(3)
Summary: Pursuant to a stipulation with the judge, the Commission admonished a judge who, during an arraignment concerning a charge of no valid operator's license, directed insensitive questions and comments to the defendant related to AIDS. The order noted that the courtroom was crowded with spectators and others waiting their turn to address the court and that the judge's comments and questions appeared to others to be demeaning and to violate the defendant's basic expectation of privacy.
Case Documents Available:
Stipulation, Agreement and Order of Admonishment filed 4/2/1993.