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COMMITTEE ON PRO. ETHICS v. STURGEON

No. 92-528.

487 N.W.2d 338 (1992)

The COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT OF THE IOWA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. LeRoy J. STURGEON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 22, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman G. Bastemeyer and Charles L. Harrington, Des Moines, for complainant.

Patrick C. McCormick, Sioux City, and LeRoy J. Sturgeon, pro se, Sioux City, for respondent.

Considered en banc.

PER CURIAM.

As one court succinctly put it, "Occasionally a case arises with facts so egregious that although tragic, they cry out for disbarment." In re X, 120 N.J. 459, 460, 577 A.2d 139, 140 (1990). This is one of those cases. We reject the Grievance Commission's recommendation for suspension in this lawyer disciplinary proceeding and revoke the respondent's license to practice law.

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