People v. Sharpe

On June 26, 1989, William Raymond Sharpe and the disciplinary counsel for the Supreme Court Grievance Committee entered into a stipulation, agreement and conditional admission of misconduct. An inquiry panel of the grievance committee accepted the stipulation and agreement and recommended that Sharpe be disciplined by public censure. 1 We also accept the stipulation and agreement and conclude that the seriousness of Sharpe’s misconduct, even when balanced against the mitigating factors presented in his statement in mitigation, warrants public censure.

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In Sharpe’s stipulation, he admitted the…