Adams v. State

Core, Ben, Special Justice,

this appeal requires this Court to decide several questions relating to the interpretation and application of the Code of Judicial Conduct. That Code was promulgated by the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association on August 16, 1972, and was declared by this Court to constitute proper standards for conduct of the judiciary for the State of Arkansas. This was done by per curiam order (Justice Byrd dissenting), 255 Ark. 1075, 493 S.W. 2d 422 (Appendix) (1974). We have since considered the Code in two decisions, Edmonson v. Farris, 263 Ark. 505, 565 S.W. 2d…