A complaint has been filed with the NYS Commission for Judicial Conduct against Judge Alta R. Martin, "acting" judge of the Greene Village Court

The essence of the complaint is that:

1. Judge Alta R. Martin engaged in a coerced ex parte off record communication with a represented criminal defendant and attempted to create an unwarranted unfavorable impression about his attorney;
2. Judge Alta R. Martin engaged in an ex parte communication with the prosecution;
3. Judge Alta R. Martin "googled" the defense counsel and read the blog of the defense counsel before ruling on the defendant's motion, even though there was nothing in the blog pertaining to proceedings in her court;
4. Judge Alta R. Martin who is not an attorney and whose level of formal education is unknown, demonstrated, through her actions and documents generated by her in a criminal proceeding that she lacks a basic understanding of duties of a judge presiding over a criminal proceeding, thus denying a defendant basic constitutional rights to a competent and impartial judicial review.
5. In a case involving issues of racially motivated police brutality Judge Alta R. Martin denied, without an explanation, warranted relief to a criminal defendant on an unopposed and well supported omnibus motion where the People defaulted and under while engaging in ex parte communications with the People.

I understand that the judicial system will not pay attention to racially motivated police brutality in our neck of woods until another Ferguson breaks out.

The time to stop it is on a case by case basis, wherever and whenever racially based police brutality raises its ugly head.

Judge Alta R. Martin, apparently, together with the Chenango County District Attorney's Office, is part of the problem, not of a solution.