A state commission that polices judicial misconduct Friday revealed formal charges against an appeals court judge who, it found, “undermined (her) independence, integrity or impartiality” and “demeaned (her) judicial office” by injecting herself into the death penalty resentencing of a Miami-Dade man she originally prosecuted in 2000.

The evidence against Third District Court of Appeal Judge Bronwyn Miller came in text messages between her and her former boss, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle.

An investigative panel of the state Judicial Qualifications Commission found probable cause Miller violated several judicial canons, and has given her 20 days to file a written answer to the charges. If the JQC continues to press the case, the Florida Supreme Court would ultimat

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