Case Name: In the Matter of Disbarment Proceedings against Howell R. SPEAR
Court: Supreme Court of New Mexico
Jurisdiction: New Mexico
Decision Date: 1961-04-25
Citations: 68 N.M. 283
Docket Number: No. 6892
Parties: In the Matter of Disbarment Proceedings against Howell R. SPEAR.
Judges: COMPTON, Chief Justice, and CARMODY, CHAVEZ, MOISE and NOBLE, Justices, concurring.
Reporter: New Mexico Reports
Volume: 68
Pages: 283–283

Head Matter:
361 P.2d 161
In the Matter of Disbarment Proceedings against Howell R. SPEAR.
No. 6892.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.
April 25, 1961.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
COMPTON, Chief Justice, and CARMODY, CHAVEZ, MOISE and NOBLE, Justices, concurring.
Ordered that the Report of Referees filed herein be and the same is hereby adopted in its entirety.
Further ordered that the respondent, Howell R. Spear, be and he is hereby adjudged guilty of unprofessional and unethical conduct in the practice of law, as fully set forth in the Report of Referees, and the said Howell R. Spear be and he is hereby in open Court censured and reprimanded for such unethical and unprofessional conduct in the practice of law.