Matter of Discipline of Kessler

366 N.W.2d 499, 1985 S.D. LEXIS 251

• Court: South Dakota Supreme Court
• Decided: April 17, 1985
• Docket: 14638
• Status: Published

Opinions

FOSHEIM, Chief Justice.

The Disciplinary Board (Board)' of the State Bar of South Dakota investigated the conduct of Brookings Attorney James E. Kessler. Mr. Kessler was admitted to the practice of law on February 18, 1976. The Board found that Mr. Kessler possessed and used cocaine ten or twelve times during 1982, in violation of South Dakota criminal statutes and Canon I of the Code of Ethics. The Board entered Findings of Fact and recommended that formal disciplinary proceedings be instituted in accordance with SDCL ch. 16-19.

The same procedures were followed as in Matter of Strange, 366 N.W.2d 495 (S.D.1985). The same Referee was appointed. The recommendation of the referee followed that submitted in Matter of Strange, supra. We adopt these recommendations also for Mr. Kessler.

WOLLMAN, J., and WUEST, Circuit Judge, Acting as a Supreme Court Justice, concur. HENDERSON, J., specially concurs. MORGAN, J., dissents.