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STATE v. TOWNSEND

No. 46,662

210 Kan. 480 (1972)

502 P.2d 832

STATE OF KANSAS, Petitioner, v. P.A. TOWNSEND, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 4, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curt T. Schneider, assistant attorney general, argued the cause, and Vern Miller, attorney general, and Edward G. Collister, Jr., assistant attorney general, were with him on the brief for the petitioner.

The respondent was on the brief pro se.

Per Curiam:

This is a proceeding in discipline. The complaint against respondent is based on alleged violation of Canon 6 of the Code of Professional Responsibility. Canon 6 reads: "A Lawyer Should Represent a Client Competently." DR6-101 recites that a lawyer shall not "neglect a legal matter entrusted to him."

After charges were heard before a panel of three members of the Board of Law Examiners, the board recommended that public censure be imposed...

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