Attorney Grievance Com'n of Maryland v. Harper, 28
Decision Date | 01 September 1983 |
Docket Number | No. 28,28 |
Citation | 477 A.2d 756,300 Md. 193 |
Parties | ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. Horace Sherrwood HARPER, Jr. Misc. (BV), |
Court | Maryland Court of Appeals |
Melvin Hirshman and Kendall R. Calhoun, Bar Counsel and Asst. Bar Counsel for Atty. Grievance Com'n, Annapolis, for petitioner.
No appearance on behalf of respondent.
Argued before MURPHY, C.J., SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and COUCH, JJ., and JAMES C. MORTON, Jr., Associate Judge of the Court of Special Appeals (retired), Specially Assigned.
The Attorney Grievance Commission, acting through Bar Counsel, filed a petition for disciplinary action against Horace Sherrwood Harper, Jr., alleging violations of the disciplinary rules of the Code of Professional Responsibility. We referred the matter, pursuant to Maryland Rule BV9 b, to Judge Edward J. Angeletti of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to make findings of fact and conclusions of law. After conducting an evidentiary hearing, Judge Angeletti filed detailed findings and conclusions as follows: "The testimony offered at the hearing together with the exhibits received establish clear and convincing evidence of the following facts relevant to this controversy.
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