The report came after the Kentucky Supreme Court issued a show-cause order in May to determine if Boling should be suspended because of previous instances of alleged professional misconduct and a delay in negotiating an agreed sanction on the previous two incidents.
The order was signed Wednesday by Trial Commissioner Roderick Messer and stems from a five-count finding regarding two cases from Christian County Circuit Court.
Two incidents regarding Boling’s conduct in those cases were the only ones referenced in the order. The Kentucky Bar Association’s Inquiry Commission, an independent body appointed by the Supreme Court to receive and process complaints from any source which allege professional misconduct by lawyers, investigated both of them.
The Inquiry Commission issued a complaint against Boling in February 2020 concerning a letter Boling wrote on Christian County Commonwealth’s Attorney letterhead to then-Governor Matt Bevin concerning a pardon request for Dayton Jones, who was convicted of sexual assault. The Inquiry Commission said Boling’s letter contended “Jones’ biggest problem is that the Democratic Party controlled then-prosecutor Lynn Pryor, the judge in the case John Atkins, and Jones’ defense counsel. Boling offered no evidence to those claims. Bevin commuted Jones’ sentence and the order said Boling’s letter received extensive media attention.
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