Name: Robert E. Schillberg
Title: Judge
Court: South Snohomish District Court
County: Snohomish
Discipline: Admonishment
Method of Resolution: Stipulation
Discipline Date: 10/07/1994
Canons Violated:1, 2(A), 3(A), 3(C)(1)(a)
Summary: Pursuant to a stipulation and agreement, the Commission admonished a judge who, after assessing a fine of $10 for a defendant who had plead guilty to the theft of two packages of cigarettes from a store, had deferred $9, given the defendant $1 to pay the remainder of the fine, and stated that the store was more culpable than the defendant because of the health consequences of cigarette smoking. The judge had agreed that he would exercise caution to avoid repeating the violation.
Case Documents Available:
Stipulation, Agreement and Order of Admonishment filed 10/7/1994.