NOTICE OF REPRIMAND (By Consent)
Case No. 93-176-GA J. Richard Colbeck, P-12036, Coldwater, Michigan, by Attorney Discipline Board Kalamazoo County Hearing Panel #2.
1) Reprimand; 2) Effective December 8, 1993. The respondent and the Grievance Administrator filed a stipulation for consent order of discipline pursuant to MCR 9.115(F)(5), which was approved by the hearing panel and the Attorney Grievance Commission.
Respondent was appointed to represent nine defendants in criminal appellate proceedings. He pled no contest to one count of failure to file pleadings seeking post-conviction relief; one count of failure to keep his client timely and adequately informed; eight counts of failure to timely file appellate briefs; and two counts of failure to file appellate briefs.
Respondent's conduct was alleged to be in violation of MCR 9.104(1)-(4); the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct, 1.1(c); 1.3; 1.4; 3.2; and 8.4(a)and(c); and the Minimum Standards for Indigent Criminal Appellate Defense Services, Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Order 1981-7, Standards 1, 5, 7, 10, 11, 15 and 17.
Costs were assessed in the amount of $69.58.