Criminal contempt of the state commission on judicial conduct · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 215.66 Criminal contempt of the state commission on judicial conduct.
A person is guilty of criminal contempt of the state commission on judicial conduct when, having been duly subpoenaed to attend as a witness at an investigation or hearing before the commission or a referee designated by the commission, he fails or refuses to attend without lawful excuse.
Criminal contempt of the state commission on judicial conduct is a class A misdemeanor.
A person who was duly subpoenaed as a witness before the State Commission on Judicial Conduct or its designated referee and fails or refuses to attend without lawful excuse commits this offense, a class A misdemeanor. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.