A haunting judicial decision

Danny Jacobs//June 23, 2011//

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I wish Judge Douglas Gummo the best as he seeks help for his apparent alcoholism and don’t mean to make light of his condition.

That said, the catalyst for his decision to get treatment remains funny.

Gummo, a Pennsylvania state district court judge, pleaded guilty Wednesday to harassment after he was arrested in April at a hotel outside Harrisburg, where he was attending a judicial conference. Prosecutors subsequently dropped charges of public drunkenness and disorderly conduct against him.

Police said an intoxicated Gummo repeatedly tried to enter the room of a female district court judge while wearing only a bed sheet.

Pennsylvania’s judiciary says Gummo is still an active judge.

(HT: ABA Journal)

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