Opinion
No. SC12–282.
2012-06-18
THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant(s) v. N. James TURNER, Respondent(s).
The conditional guilty plea and consent judgment for discipline are approved and respondent is suspended from the practice of law for ninety days. Respondent has advised that he has not commenced practicing law in the months since he was removed from his judicial office; therefore this suspension is effective immediately. Respondent shall fully comply with Rule Regulating the Florida Bar 3–5.1(g).
Respondent's Verified Statement of Mitigation, filed with this Court on March 5, 2012, is hereby stricken.
Judgment is entered for The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399–2300, for recovery of costs from N. James Turner in the amount of $1,250.00, for which sum let execution issue.
The filing of a motion for rehearing shall not alter the effective date of this suspension.