COMMITTEE ON PRO. ETHICS v. TOMPKINS

No. 87-989.

415 N.W.2d 620 (1987)

COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT OF THE IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. Richard N. TOMPKINS Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 25, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kasey W. Kincaid of Nyemaster, Goode, McLaughlin, Emery & O'Brien, P.C. and Norman G. Bastemeyer, Des Moines, for complainant.

William L. Kutmus of Kutmus & Pennington, P.C., Des Moines, for respondent.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, LAVORATO, and NEUMAN, JJ.


LAVORATO, Justice.

Richard N. Tompkins Jr. pleaded guilty to the crime of trespass in connection with an incident in which he unlawfully entered a residence searching for women's undergarments with which to sexually gratify himself. The plea led to disciplinary proceedings against Tompkins in which the Grievance Commission found that he violated Iowa Code of Professional Responsibility for Lawyers DR 1-102(A)(1) (violating disciplinary rule), (3) (engaging in illegal...

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