Court Opinion

ID: 9627183
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 08:37:43.92364+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:06:42.003174
License: Public Domain

WADE, Justice
(concurring and dissenting).
I agree that in view of all the facts and circumstances it was not ttnreasonable for the Utah State Bar Commissioners to find that petitioner did not disclose to the court within a reasonable time that his client had given false testimony. However, in view of the fact that petitioner is a young man with a hitherto good reputation and high *263ethical standards, who was engaged in a bitter trial against an attorney whose methods, to say the least, were very aggressive, and further, in view of the fact that the false testimony was on an immaterial matter which could not affect the outcome of the case, I do not believe it merits a six months’ suspension. I believe that a public reprimand to he printed in the Utah Bar Journal or at most a suspension for a period of one month would he sufficient discipline in this case. That the respondent would welcome the quantum of punishment being fixed by this court is suggested hy its brief wherein it is stated on page 32 thereof; “ * * * ■ The quantum of punishment, however, is a matter within the discretion of the court.”