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Case Summary for Complaint # 1602


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.

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