Committee on Professional Ethics & Conduct of the Iowa State Bar Ass'n v. Barrer

SNELL, Justice.

This is a lawyer discipline case involving moral turpitude. The committee brought charges against respondent Dana L. Barrer after he pleaded guilty to three charges of harassment in the third degree in violation of Iowa Code sections 708.7(l)(a) and 708.-7(4) (1991). Barrer’s sentence of thirty days in jail on each count was suspended for one year while he was on probation undergoing treatment for alcoholism. The issue before us is not the question of guilt but the appropriateness of a sanction. The commission recommended a suspension of his license to practice law for one year…