Parker v. State

This is an appeal from a judgment of impeachment of the Treasurer of Jefferson County, Horace Parker.

The question presented is whether an office holder may be impeached for an offense involving moral turpitude which occurred prior to his assumption of office. We hold that he cannot and reverse.

It should be noted at the outset that we are not dealing with a situation where an *807office holder is indicted, convicted and sentenced for a crime, and is then removed from office by virtue of that sentence. Tit. 41, § 162, Code of Alabama 1940, Recompiled 1958. Instead, this is a situation where one is…