Rule 10 - Alternate dispute resolutionA. At any time during the pendency of a charge or investigation but more than 10 days before the trial, the judge being charged or investigated may demand, and the whole commission must conduct, a hearing before the whole commission to discuss the charge or suspected conduct and to attempt to resolve the charge or investigation on terms to be presented by joint motion to the Court of the Judiciary. A majority of the commission may bind it to any such resolution. Any such resolution reduced to writing and signed by the judge and a majority of the commission shall bind the judge and the commission unless and until the proposed resolution is rejected by the Court of the Judiciary. B. All statements made by or for the judge in or for a hearing conducted or to be conducted pursuant to this rule shall be privileged and inadmissible as either substantive evidence or impeachment evidence against the judge.Ala. R. P. Jud. Inq. Comm'n 10
Amended eff. 10/9/2001; Amended eff. 2/1/2009.Note from the reporter of decisions: The order amending the Rules of Procedure of the Judicial Inquiry Commission, effective February 1, 2009, is published in that volume of Alabama Reporter that contains Alabama cases from 996 So.2d.
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