Bryant Cochran, once the chief judge of Murray County’s Magistrate Court, also was found guilty of witness tampering, conspiring to distribute a controlled substance and a federal civil rights charge that accused him of sexually assaulting a court employee. Cochran, who faces almost certain prison time, is to be sentenced Feb. 20 by U.S. District Judge Harold Murphy in Rome.
The breathtaking charges against Cochran stem from a state Judicial Qualifications Commission investigation that led to his resignation from the bench in August 2012. The judicial watchdog agency launched its probe after a Chatsworth woman said Cochran came onto her when she appeared before him to take out warrants against three people she said had assaulted her.
Ex-judge convicted of planting drugs on woman | www.ajc.com
The breathtaking charges against Cochran stem from a state Judicial Qualifications Commission investigation that led to his resignation from the bench in August 2012. The judicial watchdog agency launched its probe after a Chatsworth woman said Cochran came onto her when she appeared before him to take out warrants against three people she said had assaulted her.
Ex-judge convicted of planting drugs on woman | www.ajc.com