Name: Richard Fitterer
Title: Judge
Court: Grant District Court
County: Grant
Discipline: Reprimand
Method of Resolution: Stipulation
Discipline Date: 10/01/2004
Summary: From an agreed statement of facts, the Commission found that Grant County District Court Judge Richard C. Fitterer violated Canons 1 and 2(A) of the Code of Judicial Conduct by negligent driving a vehicle in the first degree, a charge to which he pled guilty in King County District Court after the initial charge of driving under the influence of alcohol was reduced on the basis of a court ruling that his blood-alcohol concentration level was inadmissible. The Commission reprimanded Judge Fitterer and ordered him to comply with all of the terms and conditions of the sentence imposed on him in King County District Court and to provide proof thereof to the Commission. In addition, Judge Fitterer agreed that for the one-year he is under the jurisdiction of the King County District Court, upon timely request of a party appearing before him once a matter is set, he will recuse himself voluntarily as a judge from hearing or participating in matters involving legal charges of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Case Documents Available:
Stipulation, Agreement and Order of Reprimand filed 10/1/2004.