Manning lawyer and SC Senate candidate reprimanded

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Story Created: Oct 11, 2012 at 11:15 AM EDT

Story Updated: Oct 13, 2012 at 1:15 PM EDT

SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — A Manning attorney running for a state Senate seat has been reprimanded by the South Carolina Supreme Court.

The justices said Eleazer Carter failed to adequately represent a client in a vehicle wreck case. The court says Carter didn't show up for hearings and depositions and didn't return the case file to the client so he might find another lawyer.

The justices ordered Carter to pay for court proceedings and take a legal ethics course within six months.

Carter is a Democrat running as a petition candidate for Senate District 36. He told The Item of Sumter (http://bit.ly/STJIRQ ) that he thinks he was targeted for harsher punishment because he is a public figure running for office.

The Supreme Court's ruling noted this is the sixth time Carter has been reprimanded.

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Information from: The Item, http://www.theitem.com

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