Texting while Judging

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LIVINGSTON -
A Polk County District Court Judge has admitted in a letter to the Texas State Bar that she acted improperly while serving as an Assistant District Attorney.

Local 2 Investigates obtained a copy of the April 29, 2013 letter signed by Kaycee L. Jones, 411th Judicial District Judge.

The crux of the issue is a series of text messages Jones received from Elizabeth Coker, 258th Judicial District Judge, while Coker was on the bench during a trial.

Judges are not supposed to transmit secret information to either the prosecution or the defense during a trial.

Part of the letter signed by Jones reads:

"On August 8, 2012, I did receive a text message from Judge Coker that suggested a line of questioning in an Injury to a Child trial over which she was presiding and telling me to tell the trial prosecutor. I was not the trial prosecutor and had nothing to do with the investigation or prosecution of the case, but I was present in the courtroom for portions of the trial as an observer. When I received the text, I hand wrote the text verbatim and asked our investigator to deliver it to the prosecutor who was trying the case...

I deeply regret that I acted in this manner. It was wrong and I knew better."

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http://www.click2houston.com/news/judge-admits-texting-assistant-district-attorney-during-trial/-/1735978/20843250/-/urq4sqz/-/index.html

[Sanity Claws]

1. what about the judge?

The judge was dead wrong and definitely should not have done it.

[Shrike47]

2. The article says the judge is being investigated, as well she should be.

I wonder how this came to light?