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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Ind. Courts - "Wallace case pending before disciplinary board"
Adding to a long list of ILB entries referencing "William R. Wallace," the most recent being from Oct. 7, 2011, a Dec. 27th story by Andrea Howe in the Princeton Daily Clarion begins:
An appeal to one of the charges in a criminal case against him and a complaint against him before the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission remain pending for Princeton attorney William R. Wallace III.Wallace took a plea deal this summer that brought a penalty of 90 days of home detention and 458 days of probation, and triggered the complaint submitted to the disciplinary commission. The commission's roll of attorneys Tuesday denotes a pending investigation regarding Wallace.
He was sentenced after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice and possession of child porn, which requires him to also register as a sex offender.
The plea deal contained a provision that Wallace would plead guilty to a third felony charge of voyeurism, which is pending before the Indiana Court of Appeals, if the higher court decides the charge should stand. As of Tuesday, the court had not ruled on that matter.
Under terms of the plea agreement, the sentence for the voyeurism charge would run concurrently with the other two convictions if the court upheld the charge.
If the higher court rules in Wallace's favor, the voyeurism charge would be dismissed.
The convictions were reported to the Indiana Supreme Court's Disciplinary Commission, which triggered the pending investigation to determine whether there are grounds for his license to practice law to be suspended or terminated.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 28, 2011 01:32 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts