People v. Brown

I respectfully dissent.

The hearing board and the hearing panel of the grievance committee recommended that the respondent, Nolan L. Brown, be suspended from the practice of law for one year and one day. However, when the recommendation was presented to this court, we issued a rule to show cause why the respondent should not be disbarred. In response to our order, the disciplinary prosecutor reviewed the cases in which this court has imposed disbarment and concluded that the appropriate discipline for the respondent would be a three-year suspension.1 Nevertheless, the majority con-*642eludes that…