Judges and Judiciary,
Discipline
May 28, 2024
LA County judge sanctioned for texting prosecutor during murder trial
The judge in question was presiding over a murder trial when she improperly initiated an ex parte communication with a prosecutor.
A Los Angeles County judge was given a public censure, the harshest punishment allowed short of removal from the bench, for texting a prosecutor about a murder trial and then trying to minimize her conduct once she was caught.
The Commission on Judicial Performance called Superior Court Judge Emily J. Cole's texts about a potential witness to a former colleague in the district attorney's office "antithetical to her role as a judge."
"She attempted t...
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