California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Murray v. State Bar, 220 Cal.Rptr. 677, 40 Cal.3d 575, 709 P.2d 480 (Cal. 1985):
Therefore, in light of the amount of funds misappropriated and petitioner's deliberate refusal to account to his clients, the discipline recommended by the review department is not excessive. A sanction of one year's actual [40 Cal.3d 585] suspension and probation with conditions is not inconsistent with this court's holdings in similar cases of commingling and misappropriation by an attorney with no disciplinary record. (See e.g., Brody v. State Bar, supra, 11 Cal.3d 347, 350, 113 Cal.Rptr. 371, 521 P.2d 107 [one-year actual suspension]; Bradpiece v. State Bar, supra, 10 Cal.3d 742, 748, 111 Cal.Rptr. 905, 518 P.2d 337 [one-year actual suspension, four years probation]; Persion v. State Bar (1973) 9 Cal.3d 456, 462, 107 Cal.Rptr. 708, 509 P.2d 524 [one-year actual suspension, two years probation].)
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