ALBANY - The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined that Madison Town Court Justice Robert W. Engle (Madison County) should be admonished for serious administrative errors that resulted in his sending fine notices to three defendants without a trial or guilty plea, sending payment notices to two other defendants who had already paid their fines, and improperly initiating driver license suspensions as to six other defendants, causing unnecessary inconvenience and costs to defendants in motor vehicle cases.

Judge Engle was previously censured by the Commission in an unrelated matter.

The Commission's decision is available on its website at www.scjc.state.ny.us