MATTER OF FERGUSON

No. 23938.

437 S.E.2d 72 (1993)

In the Matter of James Cleveland FERGUSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided September 20, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, and Asst. Atty. Gen., James G. Bogle, Columbia, for complainant.

W. Gaston Fairey, of Fairey & Parise, P.A., Columbia, for respondent.


PER CURIAM:

This is a judicial disciplinary matter before the Court as a result of findings by the Board of Commissioners on Judicial Standards. Under the procedural posture of this case, we order the maximum sanction available which is a Public Reprimand.

Facts

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