State ex rel. Green v. Tilton

Relator was disqualified from acting as judge pursuant to Gov. R. VI(l)(b) which provides:

“A judge is disqualified from acting as a judge while there is pending an indictment or an information charging him in the United States with a crime punishable as a felony under state or federal law.” .

The sole issue presented herein is whether a judge who has been thus disqualified is, nevertheless, entitled to his judicial compensation pending the resolution of such charges.

R.C. 2701.11 and 2701.12 set forth the causes and procedures for removal and suspension of judges without pay.1 Neither of these…