Ridgeway Legislature on behalf of the State v. Techiey

Disposition

Convicted on Article Two (retaliatory termination); acquitted on Articles One, Three, and Four; Attorney General removed — office vacated upon issuance of the decision; Court declines to bar him from future office.

Unanimous Court

Summary

First impeachment trial before the Supreme Court of Ridgeway, sitting under Rid. Const. Art. VI, sec. V to try Attorney General Techiey on four articles. The Court adopts a clear-and-convincing "actual misconduct as the law defines it" standard (drawing on Missouri and Nebraska precedent), acquits on biased-prosecutor appointment, civil-case defaults, and grand-jury-material withholding, but convicts on Article Two, finding the termination of Mr. Morale 30 minutes after his Senate testimony to be unlawful retaliation, and orders the Attorney General removed while declining to bar him from future office.