US EditionKansas lawmaker's law license suspended over conflicts of interest in murder case
- State Rep. Carl Maughan, a Republican, was banned from practicing law for a year due to handling conflicts of interest in a murder case.
- Maughan represented Bret Blevins, involved in a crash killing two men, despite previous legal connections to Blevins' girlfriend, Tammy Akers.
- Blevins was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to over 60 years in prison in 2017.
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Kansas lawmaker's law license suspended over conflicts of interest in murder case
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Republican Kansas lawmaker who already dropped his re-election campaign last month after he was arrested in a traffic stop has now been barred from practicing law for at least a year. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled state Rep. Carl Maughan of Colwich violated professional standards while representing 57-year-old Bret Blevins in a 2016 crash that killed two men. Maughan did not respond immediately to an email from The Associ…
Kansas lawmaker's law license suspended over conflicts of interest in murder case
A Republican Kansas lawmaker who already dropped his re-election campaign last month after he was arrested in a traffic stop has now been barred from practicing law for at least a year for mishandling conflicts of interest in a murder case.
Kansas lawmaker's law license suspended over conflicts of interest in murder case
A Republican Kansas lawmaker who already dropped his re-election campaign last month after he was arrested in a traffic stop has now been barred from practicing law for at least a year for mishandling conflicts of interest in a murder case.
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