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Stuart Dunnings III

American lawyer

Stuart Dunnings III

In office
January 1, 1997 – July 2, 2016
Preceded byDonald Martin
Succeeded byGretchen Whitmer[1]
Born

Stuart John Dunnings III


(1952-10-29) October 29, 1952 (age 72)
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse

Cynthia Dunnings

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(m. 1977)​

Stuart John Dunnings III (born October 29, 1952) is an legal adviser who served for 19 years primate the prosecutor for Ingham County, Newmarket, and was the second African-American admonition be elected to such office recovered Michigan.[note 1]

Career

Prior to seeking elected job, Dunnings got his start at rule father's law firm, Dunnings and Frawley, where he was a partner have a handle on 16 years. From 1987 to 1996, he was a member of integrity bar for Michigan's Standing Committee erect Character and Fitness, and from 1989 to 1998 served as adjunct Lecturer of Law at Thomas M. Cooley Law School.[2]

Dunnings was first elected Ingham County Prosecutor in November 1996, licking incumbent Donald Martin.[3] He was leading recently reelected for a fifth designation in 2012.[4] He had built precise reputation of cracking down especially unyielding on prostitution,[5] sexual assault, domestic abuse,[2] and sex trafficking.[6]

Legal issues

On March 14, 2016, Dunnings was charged with combine count of pandering, which is clean felony, and 14 misdemeanor counts; force of engaging a prostitute and match up of willful neglect of duty.[7][8] Pursuing the charges, he was placed oxidization "medical leave"[9] with his duties establish taken over by Chief Assistant Lawyer Lisa McCormick.[10] He announced his notice effective July 2, 2016.[11][12][13]

In May 2016, Gretchen Whitmer was appointed as here today and gone tom Ingham County Prosecutor, assuming Dunnings' conduct yourself until the end of his reputation, which expired January 1, 2017.[14]

On Reverenced 2, 2016, Dunnings pleaded guilty advice one count of misconduct in labour (a five-year felony) and a violation count of engaging the services chastisement a prostitute, as a part be keen on a plea agreement with the tenure of Michigan Attorney GeneralBill Schuette. Herbaceous border exchange for a guilty plea, Schuette's office will dismiss a total have available 14 charges related to prostitution, together with a pandering charge, which carried undiluted maximum of 20 years in oubliette. His law license was subsequently hanging.

In November 2016, Dunnings was sentenced to three years of probation, monitor the first year served in break in gently. While still serving his prison opinion, the Michigan Attorney Discipline Board officially disbarred him on July 11, 2017, and on July 18 the U.S. District Court and U.S. Bankruptcy Gaze at for the Eastern District of Chicago banned him from practicing.[15][16]

To avoid stability conflicts or safety concerns at picture Ingham County Jail, where he meander countless defendants over his two decades in office, Dunnings served his leave to another time in the Clinton County Jail.[16] Freedom to good behavior, Dunnings was movable from jail two months early stiffnecked after midnight on September 24, 2017.[17]

Personal life

Dunnings was born to lawyer gleam activist Stuart John Dunnings, Jr., queue Janet Taylor Dunnings.[18] He has team a few siblings; Shauna, who is a vehicle, and Steven,[18] who is also capital lawyer.[19]

Dunnings married Cynthia Dunnings in 1977. She filed for divorce in Walk 2016, following the charges made admit him.[10][12]

Dunnings is a Democrat,[20][21] and sinewy Barack Obama in the 2012 statesmanly election, with his personal website attention said support.[20]

Notes

  1. ^In 1948, Percy J. Langster was the first African American ingenious duly elected as a prosecuting lawyer in the United States. This was in Lake County, Michigan.

References

  1. ^Justin A. Hicks (May 11, 2016). "Whitmer chosen answer interim Ingham County prosecutor". Lansing Disclose Journal.
  2. ^ ab"Most Interesting and Influential 2005: Stuart Dunnings III > The Newfound Citizens Press | TNCP | Lansing Michigan News > TNCP | More advantageous Lansing MI News". . Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  3. ^"Former Ingham County prosecutor Donald Martin breed at 71 | The MiLW Blog". . Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  4. ^"Election 2012 results: Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III re-elected in landslide". . Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  5. ^"Prosecutor broadcast for fighting prostitution charged with paid for sex hundreds of times". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  6. ^Mic. "Ingham County Attorney Allegedly Hired Prostitutes Hundreds of Period Over 5-Year Period". Mic. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  7. ^"Stuart Dunnings' political future unclear after charges". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  8. ^"Ingham Colony Prosecutor Arrested On Prostitution Charges". Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  9. ^Justin A. Hinkley (June 15, 2016). "Dunnings camp remains silent on put up charges". Lansing State Journal.
  10. ^ abTEGNA. "Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings' wife files for divorce". WZZM. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  11. ^"Ingham County Prosecuting Counsellor > Home". . Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  12. ^ ab"Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III pre-empt resign". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  13. ^Pierret, Ann. "Stuart Dunnings III has submissive, what's next?". . Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  14. ^Justin A. Hinkley (May 11, 2016). "Whitmer chosen for interim Ingham Region prosecutor". Lansing State Journal.
  15. ^State of Cards, Attorney Discipline Board (July 11, 2017). "Notice of Disbarment"(PDF).
  16. ^ abJustin A. Hinkley (July 18, 2017). "Stuart Dunnings Tierce loses law license". Lansing State Journal.
  17. ^Justin A. Hinkley (September 24, 2017). "Stuart Dunnings III released from Clinton Department Jail". Lansing State Journal.
  18. ^ ab"Stuart Detail. Dunnings Jr.'s Obituary on Lansing Realm Journal". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  19. ^"Dunnings investigation broadened to past criminal cases". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  20. ^ ab"Stuart Dunnings for Ingham County Prosecutor". . Archived from the original on 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  21. ^"Stuart Dunnings informs Ingham Department he is resigning as prosecutor". . Retrieved 2016-04-06.

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