State v. Phelps

On March 13,14 and 15, 1978, a panel of the State Board of Law Examiners held a hearing on a complaint against respondent, Fred W. Phelps, Sr. It filed its report, findings and recommendations on February 12, 1979. The action is before this court pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 212 (224 Kan. lxxxvilxxxvii; old rule No. 213, 223 Kan. lxxxiv).

The facts out of which respondent’s violations arose are as follows: On May 31, 1974, a preliminary hearing was held in Division One of the Magistrate Court of Shawnee County, Kansas, before Judge Allan A. Hazlett, wherein the State of Kansas was plaintiff…