A member of the state Judicial Qualifications Commission has resigned, saying in a letter to Gov. Sonny Perdue that he believes the agency “has surrendered some of its independence” to the chief justice of Georgia’s Supreme Court, whom he claimed has been attempting to inappropriately influence the judicial disciplinary agency’s internal operations, including personnel matters.
Robert P. Herriott-one of Perdue’s two appointments to the JQC and one of two non-lawyers on the seven-member panel-told the Daily Report that he mailed a resignation letter citing his concerns to the governor on Sunday. Herriott penned his resignation two days after JQC Executive Director Cheryl F. Custer resigned from the commission, ending her 11-year tenure.
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