Supreme Court Rules - Rule 12 - Rules Governing the Missouri Bar and the Judiciary - Commission on Retirement Removal and Discipline: Disqualification of Judge While Indictment or Information Pending

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		Section/Rule:	12.06
Subject:	Rule 12 - Rules Governing the Missouri Bar and the Judiciary - Commission on Retirement Removal and Discipline	Publication / Adopted Date:	November 12, 1987
Topic:	Disqualification of Judge While Indictment or Information Pending	Revised / Effective Date:	December 1, 1987

12.06. Disqualification of Judge While Indictment or Information Pending

A judge is disqualified from acting as a judicial officer while there is pending an indictment or information charging him in any court in the United States with a crime punishable as a felony under the laws of Missouri or the United States, or a recommendation to this Court by the Commission for his removal or retirement, or after articles of impeachment have been voted by the House of Representatives. A judge so disqualified shall continue to receive his salary.

(Former Rule 12.07 adopted June 1, 1971, eff. Jan. 1, 1972. Amended eff. Sept. 21, 1979; amended and renumbered as Rule 12.06. Amended Nov. 12, 1987, eff. Dec. 1, 1987.)