COMMITTEE ON PROF. ETHICS v. PATTERSON

No. 84-1102.

369 N.W.2d 798 (1985)

COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT OF THE IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. Stanford J. PATTERSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank A. Comito, Jr., and Patrick W. O'Bryan of Comito & Capps, Des Moines, for complainant.

Thomas W. Langlas of Gallagher, Langlas & Gallagher, P.C., Waterloo, for respondent.

Considered en banc.


REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

This is a disciplinary proceeding against an attorney, based on a serious misdemeanor conviction, "assault without intent to inflict serious injury but causing bodily injury contrary to ... section 708.2(2) of the Iowa Code." Although respondent Stanford J. Patterson entered an "Alford"-type guilty plea to this offense in Black Hawk County, there is little dispute concerning the circumstances surrounding the incident.

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