In Re Cherry

DISCIPLINARY ACTION

Hugh Erskine Cherry’s client, incarcerated for committing the crimes of robbery and confinement, informed his lawyer that he wished to pursue post-conviction remedies promptly upon conclusion of appeals of his convictions. Respondent Cherry, with no legitimate basis for doing so, then delayed for five and one-half years after conclusion of the appeals process before filing a petition for post-conviction relief for that client. For that, we conclude today that he should be suspended from the practice of law.

This case comes before us now upon the duly-appointed hearing…