Opinion

Bar Ass'n of Greater Cleveland v. Esber

  • 48 Ohio St. 2d 231
  • 2 Ohio Op. 3d 405
  • 358 N.E.2d 534
  • 1976 Ohio LEXIS 741
Court
Ohio Supreme Court
Filed
Dec 15, 1976
Status
Published
Author
Curia
On the bench
Browi, Cori, Curia, Ebrezze, Her, Stern
Cited by
1 cases
Authority
More cited than 66.0%

The opinion

Per Curia'rn.

Even if we were persuaded by re'spOhd~-exit `~ `testimony before the panel' of the board of co~missioner~; Gov. B. V(8) (b) states that "[a] certified copy of a' judgrnéi~t entry of conviction of an offense shall be don-elusive evidence of the commission Of `that offense in any disciplinary proceeding instituted against an att~ne\' bá,sed u~on the conviction." `

Th~ Code of Professional Responsibility há~ be~n adojted by this court under Gov. B. flT(1). We find th~t i~espondent violated Canon 1, DR 1-102(A) (3), which ~tate~ th~ a; lawyer shall not engage in illegal conduct iuvolv-iftg ~adtai turpitude.

Góv. R. 11(5) (a)' defines misedriduct a~s the comm!sL sjbh or conviction of a crime `involving moral `turpitude. Gov. R. V(6)(a) requires each attorney found guilty `of mis~ónduct to be disciplined. By his `conviction and ~ubse-quent incarceration, respo~Ient' has lessened public co~i,i'id~n~e. in the legal professidh ahd has reflected `substa~-ti~l discredit upon his fellow `la~yei~s.

W~ conclude that respoiident'inust `he permanently di's-. barred froth the practice Øf ~1aw.

Ju~g'~ne9zt accordi~g1y.

Q'Ni~ir~~, C. J.; HER EI~, CoRI~ STERN, CE1EBREZZE, W. BROWN áncT P. BROWi~, JJ., concur.

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