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COURTNEY v. ALABAMA STATE BAR

87-1370.

551 So.2d 256 (1989)

John COURTNEY v. ALABAMA STATE BAR.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied October 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Clark of Clark, Deen & Copeland, Mobile, for appellant.

J. Anthony McLain, Montgomery, Office of Gen. Counsel, Alabama State Bar, for appellee.

MADDOX, Justice.

John A. Courtney, a Mobile lawyer, appeals from an order of the Disciplinary Board of the State Bar publicly censuring him for willfully neglecting a legal matter entrusted to him.

Courtney was retained by the family of Jeffrey Lynn Pugh to represent Jeffrey in a trial for robbery. Jeffrey was convicted and was later sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. Courtney gave oral notice of appeal to the trial court. After the sentencing, Pugh's family...

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