Name: Ralph L. Perkins
Title: Commissioner
Court: Pend Oreille District Court
County: Pend Oreille
Discipline: Resignation
Method of Resolution: Supreme Court affirmed
Discipline Date: 10/21/1993
Summary: In a stipulation and agreement between the Commission and a judge who had twice intentionally struck and caused bodily harm to his then-spouse and entered a plea of guilty to two counts of assault, the judge agreed and stipulated to resign and terminate his judicial duties no later than December 1, 1993. He also agreed not to seek or serve in any judicial office in Washington unless the Supreme Court granted a petition for reinstatement of eligibility. The State Supreme Court affirmed the stipulation.
Case Documents Available:
Supreme Court Order In re Ralph L. Perkins 93-1474-F-42 filed 11/9/1993.
Stipulation and Order of Closure filed 10/21/1993.
Statement of Charges filed 9/3/1993.