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582 A.2d 1054
    OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. William J. COTTRELL, Respondent.
    No. 564 Disciplinary Docket No. 2.
    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
    Argued Oct. 26, 1990.
    Decided Nov. 30, 1990.
    Samuel Stretton, West Chester, for respondent.
    Paul J. Burgoyne, Asst. Disciplinary Counsel, Gail M. Richman, Philadelphia, for petitioner.
    Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.
   ORDER

PER CURIAM:

Rule to Show Cause entered by this Court on March 15, 1990, is discharged. It is hereby ORDERED that respondent be and he is suspended from the Bar of this Commonwealth for a period of three years, and he shall comply with all the provisions of Rule 217, Pa.R.D.E. It is further ORDERED that respondent shall pay costs to the Disciplinary Board pursuant to Rule 208(g), Pa.R.D.E.

McDERMOTT, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.

NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, J., dissent and would impose a suspension of five years.