Latest: Panel admonishes lawyer for ethics violation
RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) — A disciplinary panel with the North Carolina State Bar voted to admonish a prominent attorney after they determined she’d committed an ethical violation.
The North Carolina State Bar accused Chris Mumma, of Durham, of violating rules of professional conduct in an innocence case involving Joseph Sledge, 70, who was imprisoned for almost 40 years for a double murder.
The panel decided her punishment Thursday afternoon. They announced she would be given a written admonition, which is the lowest form of punishment she could possibly get.
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According to an Associated Press article, the panel could have disbarred the director of the North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence.
Mumma was accused of taking a water bottle from someone without permission and having it tested for DNA. Mumma was trying to prove the innocence of Sledge.
Media reports said the panel dismissed claims that Mumma was dishonest or deceitful or acted in a way prejudicial to the administration of justice.
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