Inquiry Concerning a Judge JQC No. 2024-796 Re: Martha Cannon Adams
The Florida Supreme Court accepted a Judicial Qualifications Commission stipulation and imposed a public reprimand on Orange County Circuit Judge Martha Cannon Adams for making rude, derogatory, and threatening comments directed at members of the Ninth Circuit State Attorney's Office while presiding over criminal cases.
Key facts
- Judge Adams was an Orange County Circuit Court judge presiding over criminal cases in the Ninth Judicial Circuit.
- The Judicial Qualifications Commission filed a Stipulation and Findings and Recommendations of Discipline charging Judge Adams with biased, impatient, undignified, and discourteous behavior toward staff and management of the Ninth Circuit State Attorney's Office.
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Holdings
- Canons 1, 2A, 3B(4), and 3B(5) of the Code of Judicial Conduct require judges to uphold the integrity of the courts, treat parties respectfully and impartially, and refrain from biased…
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