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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 23, 2014

The Board of Judicial Conduct issued a public reprimand to Davidson County General Sessions Judge Casey Moreland yesterday for his activities in connection with a domestic violence case. According to the board, Moreland contacted a judicial commissioner and informed him that a 12-hour hold on a domestic violence suspect should not be imposed because the relationship between the victim and the suspect was not domestic in nature. Moreland later admitted that the information, received from an attorney who is a social friend, was not correct. The board determined that Moreland violated three Judicial Canons and one law governing judicial conduct. It also reported that Moreland was fully cooperative with the investigation, candid in explaining the situation and open about admitting he made a mistake.