In Re Inquiry Relating to District Judge Hammond

This is an original proceeding in discipline against the Honorable Harold L. Hammond, Judge of Division 2 of the Johnson County District Court at Olathe, in the Tenth Judicial District.

Formal proceedings before the Commission on Judicial Qualifications were commenced by the service of a Notice of Formal Proceedings on respondent and his counsel on August 4, 1977. Answer was filed September 22, 1977. The matter came on for hearing before the Commission on November 28, 1977. After both sides had presented evidence and rested, and after oral argument, the Commission took the matter under…