McCULLOUGH v. LESSENBERRY

No. 89-93.

780 S.W.2d 9 (1989)

300 Ark. 426

R.S. McCULLOUGH, Appellant, v. Jack L. LESSENBERRY, Circuit Judge, Pulaski County Court, Fifth Division, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry L. Malone, Little Rock, for appellant.

Joseph H. Purvis, Little Rock, for appellee.


HOLT, Chief Justice.

Appellant, R.S. McCullough, an attorney licensed to practice law in Arkansas, appeals from an order of the trial court finding him in contempt and imposing as punishment that he provide free legal services to a defendant in a case to be chosen by the court. We reverse and remand.

On August 24, 1988, McCullough was representing Hurley M. Jones on a charge of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. Jones had been arrested...

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