Alcoholic Judge Often Drunk on Job Loses Post
From Times Wire Reports
An alcoholic judge was kicked off the bench in New Orleans for repeatedly being drunk in court.
District Judge Monty L. Doggett issued arrest warrants when he was too drunk to read them, was sometimes so intoxicated that court had to be canceled and once had to be carried out of his courtroom by deputies, the Louisiana Supreme Court said in its unanimous ruling.
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