THE FLORIDA BAR v. KEANE

Nos. 66596, 68771.

536 So.2d 990 (1988)

THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, v. John H. KEANE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, John T. Berry, Staff Counsel, James N. Watson, Jr., Bar Counsel, and John A. Boggs and Stephen Tabano, Co-Bar Counsel, Tallahassee, and Patricia S. Etkin, Bar Counsel, Miami, for complainant.

Charles J. Cheves of Cheves & Rapkin, Venice, for respondent.


GRIMES, Justice.

The Florida Bar charged John H. Keane in a sixteen-count complaint with various acts of misconduct. A referee found Keane guilty of fifteen of those counts and recommended he be suspended from the practice of law for two and one-half years. Both the Bar and Keane seek review of the referee's recommendation. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 15, Fla. Const.

The Bar's charges arose out of a criminal case in which Keane, the Public Defender...

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