By Shelly Bradbury | Canon City Daily Record
Eleventh Judicial District Attorney Linda Stanley will be disbarred for ethical violations and misconduct that largely happened during the high-profile prosecution of Barry Morphew in the 2020 murder of his wife, a Colorado disciplinary board ruled Tuesday.
State disciplinary authorities found Stanley made inappropriate comments to the media during the since-dismissed Morphew case, did not adequately supervise the prosecution of the case, caused numerous discovery violations and initiated a baseless, retaliatory investigation into the judge on the case. She also made inappropriate comments to the media in an unrelated case, the board found.
“…Nothing short of disbarment would adequately address respondent’s betrayal of the public trust,” the three-member board led by Presiding Disciplinary Judge Bryon M. Large wrote in its 83-page disciplinary order, published Tuesday.