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JUDICIAL ETHICS OPINION 1998-12

No. 1998-12.

86 P.3d 654 (1998)

1998 OK JUD ETH 12

JUDICIAL ETHICS OPINION 1998-12.

Oklahoma Judicial Ethics Advisory Panel.

Filed: September 4, 1998.

QUESTION: May a candidate for State judicial office, who is not a Judge of that particular office (for example: a sitting Municipal Judge, sitting Special Judge, or Associate Judge running for District Judge), use campaign literature referring to him/herself as "Judge," as in "elect Judge J. Doe"?

WE ANSWER: YES. WITH QUALIFICATIONS.

Canon 5(A): "... (3) A candidate for judicial office: (d) should not ... (iii) knowingly misrepresent...

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