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IN THE MATTER OF: INQUIRY CONCERNING A JUDGE NO. 1419

S90A0668.

259 Ga. 831 (1990)

388 S.E.2d 683

IN THE MATTER OF: INQUIRY CONCERNING A JUDGE NO. 1419.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 22, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh M. Dorsey, Jr., for Judicial Qualifications Commission.

Groover & Childs, Denmark Groover, Jr., for Smith.

PER CURIAM.

J. W. Smith, the coroner of Bibb County, filed an original petition with this Court, in which he challenged the jurisdiction of the Judicial Qualifications Commission (Commission) to entertain several complaints about him in Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 1419. Smith contends that the 1983 Ga. Constitution does not give the Commission jurisdiction over coroners. We ordered the Commission to temporarily suspend its proceedings against Smith, and...

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