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COMMONWEALTH v. MURPHY

351 S.W.2d 513 (1961)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky ex rel. John B. BRECKINRIDGE, Petitioner, v. Ray L. MURPHY, Circuit Judge, 17th Judicial District, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 22, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., William A. Watson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

Ray L. Murphy, Circuit Judge, Newport, for respondent.

BIRD, Chief Justice.

On or about August 1, 1961, Ray L. Murphy, Regular Judge of the Criminal Division of the Campbell County Circuit Court, voluntarily disqualified himself from presiding over the court during a session of the Campbell County Grand Jury held in August and September 1961, at which session divers matters of vice and corruption were scheduled to be and were investigated in due course.

A special judge was designated to preside over the court...

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