LEO: Magistrate - Attorney - Conflict of  LE Op. 319

 

Magistrate - Attorney - Conflict of Interest.

 

March 27, 1979

 

It is improper for a magistrate who is a licensed attorney to practice

criminal law in the same jurisdiction in which he has official duties.

[See II: DR:5-105, DR:9-101(B) and (C); and III:C-8(A) (2) by analogy.]

 

Committee Opinion March 27, 1979