Legal Opinion
Matter of Rivkind
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided May 10, 1990No. SB-88-0043-DPublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOELLER, Justice,
JURISDICTION
In separate criminal proceedings, respondent lawyer Morton Rivkind was charged with and tried for the offense of possession of cocaine. He was convicted of and punished for the lesser-included offense of attempted possession of cocaine. The question presented in this separate disciplinary proceeding is what additional sanction should be imposed upon him in his capacity as a member of the State Bar of Arizona.
The Arizona State Bar Hearing Committee (Committee) found that Morton Rivkind (respondent) violated E.R. 8.4(b) and Rule 57(a), Ariz.R.Sup.Ct., 17A…
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