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THE FLORIDA BAR v. PENROSE

Nos. 60380, 61131.

413 So.2d 15 (1982)

THE FLORIDA BAR, Petitioner, v. Peter S. PENROSE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director and Stanley A. Spring, Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, Jacquelyn Plasner Needelman, Bar Counsel and Walter G. Campbell, Jr., Chairman and Dale R. Sanders, Vice-Chairman, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee "E", Fort Lauderdale, of The Florida Bar, for complainant.

William L. Penrose of Harris, Barrett & Dew, St. Petersburg, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

This is a disciplinary proceeding brought by the Florida Bar. An evidentiary hearing before the referee resulted in a recommendation that the respondent be disbarred. The record supports the findings of the referee that the respondent (1) abandoned his law practice, leaving all files unattended and in the possession of a nonlawyer; (2) pled guilty to violating 21 U.S.C. § 844 (1977) (possession of marijuana); (3) failed to conclude a dissolution after...

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