Judge Kelly Anita

I 2018 COURT OF THE JUDICIARY CASE NO. 50 IN THE MATTER OF: ANITA KELLY Circuit Judge, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit FINAL JUDGMENT The Judicial Inquiry Commission (“the Commission”) filed a complaint in this Court against Judge Anita Kelly on August 16, 2017, charging Judge Kelly with violating the Alabama Canons of Judicial Ethics in her capacity as a circuit judge. Judge Kelly became a circuit judge in 2004 assigned to family court in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in Montgomery County, Alabama. She was reelected in 2010 and again in 2016. 1 As a family court judge, Judge Kelly presides over… Continue reading

Judge Armstead Lester Hayes III

COURT OF THE JUDICIARY CASE NO. 49 IN THE MATTER OF : ARMSTEAD LESTER HAYES III Municipal Judge , Municipal Court , City of Montgomery , Alabama FINAL JUDGMENT On November 17, 2016, the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission (“the Commission”) filed a complaint with the Alabama Court of the Judiciary against Armstead Lester Hayes III. The 91-page complaint, which sets forth 7 charges, alleges that Judge Hayes, in his capacity as a judge of the Municipal Court for the City of Montgomery, Alabama, committed multiple violations of the Canons of Judicial Ethics . On November 18, 2016, the Commission, with… Continue reading