Boggan v. JUDICIAL INQUIRY COM'N OF STATE

The majority affirms the judgment of the Court of the Judiciary, which removed Wilcox County Probate Judge Jerry Boggan from office. The main opinion asserts that "this Court does not have the authority to reduce or reject the sanction imposed by the Court of the Judiciary." 759 So.2d at 555. In support of that proposition the opinion cites Hayes v. Alabama Court of theJudiciary, 437 So.2d 1276, 1279 (Ala. 1983); Powers v. JudicialInquiry Commission, 434 So.2d 745 (Ala. 1983); and In re Samford,352 So.2d 1126 (Ala. 1978). That proposition is nowhere stated in Powers. It is stated in Hayes,…