In re Moore

ROBERTSON, Justice,

for the Court.

The Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi (the senior circuit judge) refused to expunge from the report of the Grand Jury, made at the July, 1975, term of the Circuit Court, all references to the non-judicial conduct of Circuit Judge Russel D. Moore, III. Petitioner Moore appeals.

At the July 1975, term, Senior Circuit Judge Leon F. Hendrick charged the Grand Jury to investigate any illegal practice of law by the circuit judges of Hinds County.

The Grand Jury reported that it had examined a number of witnesses and also the…