The following Advisory opinion by this Commission is addressed to you in response to
the questions posed by you in a letter dated February 19, 1976, to Honorable Joseph
M. Hocklander, Presiding Judge of your Circuit. Judge Hocklander, on March 25,
1976, referred the matter to this Commission and the following are Advisory Opinions
issued pursuant to Rule 17 of the Rules of Procedure of Judicial Inquiry Commission
adopted by the Supreme Court of Alabama on April 9, 1974.