BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Supreme Court removed Tiffany Foxworth-Roberts from the 19th Judicial District Court on Thursday, leaving civil cases and one criminal case awaiting a new judge.

In her removal, the Supreme Court cited concerns that Foxworth-Roberts misled voters and law enforcement.

EBR Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore said that since Foxworth-Roberts had only one active criminal case, it would not affect the JDC too much.

"This is the 1st time that I've ever seen this happen to a judge removed from the bench in Baton Rouge, but it will not really negatively affect us because she was no longer a criminal court judge," Moore said.

Foxworth-Roberts was moved off the criminal court bench last year, handling mainly civil cases.

Her one criminal case was the death penalt

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