An Albany City Court judge has agreed to resign after 10 misconduct charges against him were upheld in an administrative proceeding.
Judge Thomas Keefe is leaving office Sept. 30. The Commission on Judicial Conduct says Monday Keefe made undignified remarks about the county prosecutors' plea deals, dismissed misdemeanor charges without a defense motion, talked to defendants outside court and directed one defendant not to call her attorney for a week.
In his resignation letter to Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, Keefe, who has served as a city judge since 2003, says it follows his transfer from criminal to civil court following complaints by District Attorney David Soares’ office to the commission.
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