MATTER OF SOMMERVILLE

No. 17592.

364 S.E.2d 20 (1987)

In the Matter of A.L. SOMMERVILLE, Jr., Judge Fourteenth Judicial Circuit.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Garten, Charleston, for Judicial Hearing Bd.

A.L. Sommerville, Webster Springs, for respondent.


MILLER, Justice:

This judicial disciplinary proceeding arises from a complaint filed with the Judicial Hearing Board (Board) by the Judicial Investigation Commission (Commission) charging Circuit Judge A.L. Sommerville, Jr., with a violation of Canon 3A(5) of the Judicial Code of Ethics.1 At the hearing, the Board dismissed the complaint based on a previous per curiam order issued by this Court...

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