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Friday, December 18, 2009
Ind. Courts - Even more on "Madison Co. prosecutor denies alleged misconduct"
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 19, 2009, Rodney Richey of the Anderson Herald Bulletin reported Dec. 17th in a story that began:
The Indiana commission for attorney misconduct says Madison County Prosecutor Thomas Broderick should be suspended for 30 days, not just publicly reprimanded.“Here, reprimand is not the appropriate sanction, as his conduct was not committed by mere negligence,” said the Dec. 11 petition for review. “Such a suspension will allow him sufficient time to reflect upon his misconduct.”
The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission filed a challenge – signed by Commissioner Laura Iosue – to the recommendations by the hearing officer in the case, Grant Superior Court 1 Judge Jeffrey D. Todd.
The commission has said Broderick knowingly withheld information from Delaware County courts about his son’s prior arrest when he signed a 2003 document in a drunk driving case. The document said Evan Broderick did not have any prior arrests, when in fact he did.
Thomas Broderick has said he did not read the document before signing it, and did not intentionally provide false information.
In the commission’s 35-page petition, members say evidence presented during the case’s hearings proved that Thomas Broderick had motive to omit his son’s prior arrest, purposefully turned a blind eye to the deferral agreement’s contents, and challenged Todd’s findings on authorship.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 18, 2009 09:27 AM
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