State ex inf. Fuchs v. Foote

LIMBAUGH, Justice.

This is an appeal by respondent, Homer L. Foote, Jr., from a judgment of the circuit court ousting him from the office of Sheriff of Cass County. At the time of the proceedings, Foote was in his third term of office, having first been elected in 1984, and reelected in 1988 and 1992. The judgment was entered after trial on a petition for quo war-ranto filed by relator, Robert L. Fuchs, a special prosecutor for Cass County. The petition alleged and the trial court found that Foote committed several acts of misconduct, either personally or at his direction or with his…