COMMITTEE ON PRO. ETHICS v. HUTCHESON

No. 91-337.

471 N.W.2d 788 (1991)

COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT OF the IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. Kent HUTCHESON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman G. Bastemeyer and Charles L. Harrington, Des Moines, for complainant.

George E. Wright of Napier, Wright & Wolf, Fort Madison, for respondent.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The respondent attorney, Kent Hutcheson, became involved in a stormy personal relationship with a young woman. As a result of a series of disputes and altercations requiring police intervention, an assault charge was filed against the woman. At a preliminary hearing on that criminal charge, respondent Hutcheson allegedly gave false testimony in an attempt to help the woman avoid criminal penalties.

As another consequence of the domestic disharmony...

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