COMM. ON PRO. ETHICS v. RAMEY

No. 93-1245.

512 N.W.2d 569 (1994)

COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT OF THE IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. James W. RAMEY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mark Godwin, Des Moines, for respondent.

Considered en banc.


HARRIS, Justice.

The allegations in this attorney disciplinary case are extremely serious. Although issue is also joined on a serious claim of nondisclosure, by far the more critical charge involved a courtroom statement, personally attested by counsel, that proved to be false. Respondent, an experienced prosecutor in the Polk County attorney's office, was confronted with a chain-of-custody problem during the trial of a criminal case. He stated he had personally examined...

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