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MATTER OF SAMFORD

SC 2651.

352 So.2d 1126 (1977)

In the Matter of William J. SAMFORD, II, Judge of the District Court of Lee County, Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob A. Walker of Walker, Hill, Adams, Umbach & Herndon, Opelika, for appellant.

James S. Ward and Rosa G. Hamlett, Asst. Attys. Gen., for the State.

FAULKNER, Justice.

William J. Samford, II, District Judge of Lee County, Alabama, was charged with failure to avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety in all his activities in violation of Canon 2 of the Canons of Judicial Ethics.1 Specifically, he was charged with failure to remit fiduciary funds. He was found guilty and removed from office by the Court of the Judiciary. We affirm.

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