In Re Evrard

This case is before us on a petition for removal of respondent, David E. Evrard, Judge of the Perry Circuit Court. This action was formally commenced by the filing of a Petition for Removal by petitioner William E. Brady, Prosecuting Attorney of the 70th Judicial Circuit on November 14, 1972. The record in this case indicates that the filing of the petition for removal was the progeny of an agreement entered into by petitioner Brady and respondent Evrard, This agreement, which we strongly condemn, arose in the following manner.

Respondent judge was named as defendant in some twenty (20)…