 |
||||||||
 |
||||||||
|
||||||||
|
Ex-county judge's punishment is setBy Times staff writer © St. Petersburg Times, published January 31, 2001 TAMPA -- A judge has recommended that former County Judge Elizabeth "Betsey" Hapner lose her law license for 90 days and be placed on probation for a year. Pinellas County Judge Henry Andringa made the recommendation after a hearing last week into charges against Hapner, a former Hillsborough County judge removed from the bench in 1998. "It's unfortunate that this was handled as it was," Hapner said. Hapner does not plan an appeal. The Florida Bar could appeal the recommendation to the state Supreme Court. Hapner was charged with neglecting her law practice while running for office in 1996, giving misleading testimony during a divorce, lying to get an injunction against her ex-husband, and not meeting court-imposed deadlines.
 © 2006 • All Rights Reserved • Tampa Bay Times
490 First Avenue South • St. Petersburg, FL 33701 • 727-893-8111 
|
From the Times |
