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excessive", gave "frequently excessive" suspended sentences, failed to advise defendants of their right to counsel, failed to notify defendants of their right to obtain an immediate review of their bail order, and that his court did not have a "reliable, consistent" record-keeping system that contained "irregular entries...made long after the fact and for some self-serving purpose". The panel recommended that the
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which contained wood. He also failed to pay the fee to fill in the tidewaters. On May 1, 1970, Troy was found to have illegally filled 20 acres of wetlands with timber debris and his permit was revoked. On August 12, 1974, he was ordered to remove the landfill. On June 30, 1975, Troy was found in contempt of court for failing to remove the fill. In 1980, Troy was found by the
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published their report of a month-long investigation into Troy's business dealings. They found that he had sat in judgment on a case involving men he had a business relationship with, assigned business associates to represent indigent defendants instead of public defenders, decided cases where one
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by putting them on trial. That same year, a three-judge panel found that Troy showed discrimination against persons involved in non-support and illegitimacy cases, held defendants in jail without bail in cases that "did not warrant this result", issued bails in a number of cases that were "clearly
267:'s office to not have enough money to comply with the court order and was deemed "judgment-proof". In 1982, Troy agreed to give part of the land to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In exchange, Troy's $ 44,000 fine was forgiven. The rest of the site was donated to the Commonwealth in 1985. The
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side was represented by a lawyer he had a business relationship with, and had profited from a real estate transaction by dubiously claiming non-profit status. They also found that he was a director of a New
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