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Lauderdale County Judge Veldore Young Graham will serve on the Commission on Judicial Performance after Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph signing the appointment order on April 11.
The amended notice accused Judge Gregory Kreis of lying about never being disciplined during a KMUD debate, violating ethics cannons by answering questions during the debate from his chambers in the county courthouse and making a "gratuitous" remark during a family law hearing.
The additions to the notice of formal proceedings against Gregory Kreis allege that he lied during a KMUD debate about never being disciplined by the Commission on Judicial Performance – the moderator asked the candidates if they ever had been investigated by a state entity such as the bar, and Kreis said he’d never been disciplined – and making a sarcastic remark in a family law hearing the CJP considered “gratuitous.”
One of the Orange County judge's rulings stemmed from remarks San Diego Judge Howard Shore made in previous hearings, such as using the n-word without prompting as part of a thought experiment