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The Florida Supreme Court has ordered an Orange County judge who called an assistant state’s attorney an “ass” during criminal court proceedings to appear before the high court for a public reprimand.
In a May 8 opinion, the Supreme Court found that Judge Martha Cannon Adams, whose current term ends in 2031, violated judicial canons by displaying “biased, impatient, undignified and discourteous behavior (toward) the staff and management of the Ninth Circuit State Attorney’s Office.”
The high court’s decision comes in the wake of the state Judicial Qualifications Commission’s recommendation in February of a public reprimand for Adams’ behavior, particularly over her expressions of bias against the State Attorney’s Office. The panel voted in December of last year to initiate formal proceedings against the judge.
