Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Cline

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

In February 1991, a jury convicted attorney Cline of three felonies (unlawful transaction with a minor in the first degree, sodomy in the second degree, and sexual abuse in the first degree) and a Class A misdemeanor (unlawful transaction with a minor in the third degree). The Kentucky Bar Association, through the Chairman of the Inquiry Tribunal, petitioned for Cline’s temporary suspension from the practice of law. On June 6, 1991, this Court issued an order that Cline show cause why he should not be temporarily suspended. In response, Cline urges that suspension…