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DAVIS v. SEXTON

177 S.E.2d 524 (1970)

211 Va. 410

Richard W. DAVIS, Attorney, and Elmer L. Barton v. Vincent L. SEXTON, Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court of Giles County, Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 30, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Davis, Radford, Kenneth I. Devore, Christiansburg (Edwin C. Stone, Radford, on the brief), for petitioners.

Russell N. Carneal, Williamsburg, for the Judicial Conference of the Courts not of Record and the Association of Judges of the County and Municipal Courts of Virginia, amicus curiae.

John W. Crews, Anthony F. Troy, Asst. Attys. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on the brief), for respondent.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and CARRICO, GORDON, HARRISON, COCHRAN and HARMAN, JJ.

GORDON, Justice.

Elmer L. Barton engaged Richard W. Davis, a licensed attorney at law and also Municipal Judge for the City of Radford, to defend him on a felony charge pending in the Circuit Court of Giles County. After Barton had engaged Judge Davis, Judge Vincent L. Sexton, Jr., entered an order prohibiting Judge Davis from practicing criminal law in the Circuit Court so long as Davis holds a judicial position in this State. The order also removed Judge Davis as...

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