Name: Timothy B. Odell
Title: Judge
Court: Everett Municipal Court
County: Snohomish
Discipline: Reprimand
Method of Resolution: Stipulation
Discipline Date: 06/08/2007
Canons Violated:1, 2(A), 3(A)(1)
Summary: From an agreed statement of facts, the Commission determined that Everett Municipal Court Judge Timothy Odell violated Canons 1, 2(A), and 3(A)(1) of the Code of Judicial Conduct by, as a matter of practice, failing to properly advise unrepresented criminal defendants of their basic due process and constitutional rights at arraignment and probation review hearings; failing to properly accept guilty pleas in accordance with court rules; and engaging in a practice that appeared to coerce criminal defendants to waive their rights to a jury trial. He was reprimanded by the Commission and required to promptly read and familiarize himself with the Code of Judicial Conduct, the Criminal Rules for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction and the Criminal Procedure Benchbook for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction in their entirety. He was also required to complete a course on judicial ethics with an emphasis on criminal procedure at his expense, and provide proof of completion of the course within one year of the date the stipulation was entered.
Case Documents Available:
Certificate of Completion and Order filed 8/7/2009.
Stipulation, Agreement and Order of Reprimand filed 6/8/2007.