Judge King Dan C III

COURT OF THE JUDICIARY CASE NO. 38 IN THE MATTER OF: DAN C. KING, III, CIRCUIT JUDGE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ALABAMA FINAL JUDGMENT AND CENSURE On June 17, 2010, the Judicial Inquiry Commission (“JIC”) filed a two-count complaint with the Alabama Court of the Judiciary charging Dan C. King, III, Circuit Judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, with violating the Canons of Judicial Ethics ( “the Canons”). Count One charged Judge King with violating the Canons in entering an order setting aside the second-degree-rape conviction of Ronnie Ashford without legal justification and without a petition having been filed in… Continue reading