FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky judge has been reprimanded for sending a man to jail without a hearing.
The state Judicial Conduct Commission issued the public reprimand against Circuit Judge Robert B. Conley, The Lexington Herald-Leader reported.
The commission said in an order Wednesday that in Greenup County on Jan. 2, Conley told a man he should shut up after listening to him explain why he had not made child-support payments.
Conley did not conduct a hearing on holding the man in contempt of court or make written findings, the commission said. The man spent three days in jail.
In another case the same day, Conley loudly criticized a man for not paying restitution in a criminal case and missing court hearings.
Conley said he was fatigued from having the flu and was remorseful, the commission said.
The judge hears cases in Greenup and Lewis counties.
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