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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Ind. Courts - Bar license of accused Rep. Delaney assailant suspended [Updated]

The ILB first heard about this last night, but didn't find the order on the court's website. Still no order, but there is a brief story today in the Indianapolis Star:

The Indiana Supreme Court on Monday suspended the law license of an Indianapolis attorney while he awaits trial on charges that include attempted murder.

Augustus Mendenhall, 39, has been jailed on $3 million bond since he was accused of trying to kill Democratic state Rep. Ed DeLaney, also an Indianapolis attorney, by holding him at gunpoint and severely beating him during an encounter Oct. 31 in Carmel.
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The Supreme Court's Disciplinary Commission requested the emergency license suspension. Mendenhall's attorney, Jack Crawford, said he consented.

Mendenhall's trial is set for Sept. 7 in Hamilton Superior Court.

Here is the Mendenhall docket, from the Roll of Attorneys.

For background, start with this ILB entry from Nov. 5, 2009.

[Updated at 11:00 AM] Here now is the interim suspension order in In the Matter of Augustus Mendenhall. Note that: "All Justices concur except Sullivan and Boehm, JJ., who are not participating in this case."

Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 22, 2010 08:44 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts