In re Eakin’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Despite the Board's prior subpoenas, OAG did not inform the Board of its possession of any emails from Justice Eakin's 'John Smith' email address beyond the 48 Outlook files received by the Board on November 5, 2014, and did not provide them to the Board until September 28, 2015.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Robinson, A., Aplt. · Commonwealth v. Robinson

2. “Based on their review, Board staff concluded that the September 28, 2015 disc [sent by the OAG] contained emails that had not been seen by any Board staff member during the 2014 investigation of Justice Eakin.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Robinson, A., Aplt. · Commonwealth v. Robinson

3. “presented credible witnesses that his judicial opinions were not reflective of any of the biases expressed in any of the emails, but instead were decided, in each case, in accordance with the facts and law.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Robinson, A., Aplt. · Commonwealth v. Robinson