Case Name: ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. Whiteman Samuel TRUETTE III
Court: Court of Appeals of Maryland
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Decision Date: 1984-06-08
Citations: 299 Md. 447a
Docket Number: Misc. Docket (Subtitle BV) No. 33
Parties: ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. Whiteman Samuel TRUETTE III.
Judges: 
Reporter: Maryland Reports
Volume: 299
Pages: 447a–447b

Head Matter:
475 A.2d 1203
ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. Whiteman Samuel TRUETTE III.
Misc. Docket (Subtitle BV) No. 33,
September Term.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.
June 8, 1984.
Melvin Hirshman, Bar Counsel, Annapolis, for petitioner.
Ralph W. Powers, Jr., Upper Marlboro, for respondent.
Before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
WHEREAS, Whiteman Samuel Truette III will be suspended indefinitely as a member of the Bar of this Court 'on June 15, 1984 in accordance with an opinion of this Court filed on May 2, 1984 [299 Md. 435, 474 A.2d 211 (1984) ]; and
WHEREAS the aforesaid suspension will not be implemented, however, if prior to that date Truette agrees by petition filed in this Court to fulfill various conditions s.et forth in the opinion; and
WHEREAS the Court has considered a verified petition that the suspension not be implemented filed by Truette and the response of the Attorney Grievance Commission; and
WHEREAS the Attorney Grievance Commission states that Truette has paid all costs assessed in these proceedings and that it knows of no other monetary obligations of Truette to the Clients' Security Trust Fund or others which have not been paid.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is this 8th day of June, 1984
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the indefinite suspension of Whiteman Samuel Truette III to commence on June 15, 1984 shall not be implemented; and it is further
ORDERED that Whiteman Samuel Truette III shall continue as a member of the Bar of this Court under the following conditions:
(1) He shall limit his legal practice to serving as an Assistant State's Attorney in the office, and under the direct supervision of, the State's Attorney for Carroll County.
(2) He shall participate in such activities as may be prescribed from time to time by the Director of the Lawyer's Counseling Program of the Maryland State Bar Association.
(3) He shall continue under the care and treatment of Dr. Mysior or other treating psychologist as may be needed until such time as it is fairly concluded that further treatment is unnecessary;
and it is further
ORDERED that a breach of any one of the above conditions will be considered grounds for implementation of the indefinite suspension, and said conditions shall remain in effect until further Order of this Court.