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- A prosecutor's motion to dismiss led the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to lift its suspension of a Harris County judge accused of assault-bodily injury.
- Harris County 228th District Court Judge Frank Aguilar was accused of assaulting his girlfriend.
- The district attorney said the girlfriend was uncooperative and recanted her original statement.
Following a prosecutor’s granted motion to dismiss, the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct lifted its suspension with pay of a Harris County judge accused of assault-bodily injury.
On Feb. 7, the commission suspended 228th District Court Judge Frank Aguilar on receipt of information that the Galveston County Court at Law No. 3 charged Aguilar with one count of assault causing bodily injury-family violence, a Class A misdemeanor.
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