STATE OF WASHINGTON
ETHICS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
OPINION NO. 88-18




Question
     May a part-time municipal court judge consider an affidavit in support
of a search warrant when the person named in the search warrant is a client
of the part-time judge or of the judge's law firm?


Answer
     It is not proper under CJC Canon 2 for a part-time municipal court
judge to consider an affidavit in support of a search warrant when the
person named in the search warrant is a client of the part-time judge or of
the judge's law firm.














Opinion 88-18
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