Everybody heard about this when it happened a few months ago and now the Chronicle reported on it again today. Judge Carolyn Marks Johnson was reprimanded by the State for her illegal, unprofessional and just plain unconstitutional behavior of having a defendant submit to a drug test just moments AFTER she was found Not Guilty by a jury in trial. After a not guilty, unless there are some other criminal charges pending, the judge does not have any authority to order the acquitted person to do anything. No more so than anybody else standing around. Harris County has decided that she will not be allowed to sit as a judge for anybody any more in the County.
Despite Harris County’s ban on Carolyn Marks Johnson, despite her appalling behavior an despite the fact that the State of Texas punished her by reprimanding her, Montgomery County still uses her as a visiting judge. I just had a trial setting in front of her when Judge Johnson was serving as a visiting judge for County Court #4 in Montgomery County. Did Montgomery County not get the memo? Why would any County in Texas feel it is okay to employ a judge who was banned in another County for misconduct and a complete lack of respect for the Constitution? Montgomery County should be embarrassed.
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