THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT WILL DECIDE IF A BOLIVAR COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE SHOULD BE PUBLICLY REPRIMANDED AND FINED. THE MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT TODAY, CHARGING 11TH CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE ALBERT B. SMITH THE THIRD WITH WILLFUL MISCONDUCT IN TWO FORMAL COMPLAINTS FILED WITH THE COMMISSION AGAINST JUDGE SMITH. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS OBTAINED BY ABC SIX, THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CIRCUIT JUDGE IN TUNICA COUNTY, PRESIDING OVER THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI VERSUS RICHARD BEETON. THE COMMISSION FOUND THAT SMITH WAS DISCOURTEOUS TO THE DEFENDANT DEETON AND HIS BAIL BONDSMAN MARSHALL SANDERS, WHICH RESULTED IN SANDERS BEING FOUND IN CONTEMPT OF COURT AND ORDERED JAILED. THEN IN 2009, WHILE IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE IN TUNICA COUNTY, THE COMMISSION SAID JUDGE SMITH'S DEMEANOR DURING THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI VERSUS LESLIE MURPHY AND STATE OF MISSISSIPPI VERSUS KEITH ALLEN WOODS WAS CONFRONTATIONAL AND DISCOURTEOUS TO COUNSEL. DEFENSE ATTORNEY ROBERT LITTLE AND TUNICA COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY CHARLES B. GRAVES WERE FOUND IN CONTEMPT IN COURT WHICH RESULTED IN FINES FOR BOTH MEN AND IMPRISONMENT FOR GRAVES. THE COMMISSION SAID ALL THREE MEN, SANDERS, LITTLE AND GRAVES WERE GIVEN SANCTIONS THAT WERE WRONGLY IMPOSED.