Former Judge Pleads Guilty April 8, 2010
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This comes from the Houston Chronicle internet edition which I am sure all will see in tomorrow’s paper after they read about Tiger Woods’ return to golf. Even judge’s do crazy things. This man was a former criminal district court judge for many years and sat in judgment of many other people charged with much more serious crimes.
A former Harris County state district judge accused of keying his neighbor’s car last year pleaded guilty today to a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge and was fined $1,500.
Woody Densen’s plea comes almost a year after his Rice Village-area neighbor caught him on camera scratching the rear of his 2006 Range Rover. At the time, Densen’s lawyer denied that his client had done anything wrong. In June, a Harris County grand jury indicted the former judge on a felony criminal mischief charge.
Densen also has paid restitution to the vehicle owner and his insurance company, said prosecutor Matthew Peneguy.
Densen presided over criminal cases as judge of the 248th State District Court from 1983 until he was defeated in a bid for re-election in 1994.
After that, he served as a visiting judge for many years, but stopped accepting courtroom assignments in 2007 when the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association filed a complaint against him with the state Commission on Judicial Conduct. The state commission dismissed that complaint without taking any action.
