A house RESOLUTION

TO DIRECT THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO UNDERTAKE AN IMMEDIATE INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT UNDER SECTION 1, ARTICLE XV, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE, THE fifth circuit solicitor, byron gipson, SHOULD BE IMPEACHED FOR SERIOUS MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DERELICTION OF DUTY AND BREACH OF THE PUBLIC TRUST AND, IF BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE SUFFICIENT GROUNDS ARE FOUND, TO REPORT ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives is directed to undertake an immediate inquiry as to whether or not under Section 1, Article XV, of the Constitution of this State, the Fifth Circuit Solicitor, Byron Gipson, should be impeached for serious misconduct in office including, but not limited to, dereliction of duty and breach of the public trust by engaging in the disposition of an inmate's sentence, doing so without properly notifying the crime victim's family members, having the inmate's sentence reduced by sixteen years or more in an order kept from public inspection, and mishandling this and other criminal dispositions. If by clear and convincing evidence sufficient grounds are found, the Judiciary Committee shall report articles of impeachment to the floor of the House of Representatives.

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