IN RE PEOPLES

No. 71.

250 S.E.2d 890 (1978)

296 N.C. 109

In re Inquiry Concerning A Judge No. 53 Linwood T. PEOPLES.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold D. Coley, Jr., Special Counsel, Raleigh, for Judicial Standards Commission.

Bobby W. Rogers, Henderson and Frank B. Banzet, Warrenton, for respondent.


SHARP, Chief Justice.

We consider first Respondent's contention that his resignation as a District Court Judge on 1 February 1978 deprived the Judicial Standards Commission of jurisdiction over "his person and the subject matter in this cause" as of that date and rendered the question of his removal moot. In support of this contention, Respondent points to the language of N.C.Gen.Stat. § 7A-376 (Cum.Supp.1977), which reads in pertinent part as follows:

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