Jordan v. Alabama State Bar Ass'n

I concur with that portion of the main opinion holding that Albert Linch Jordan’s conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 641 is not a “serious crime” as that term is defined by Rule 8, Ala. R. Disc. P.

I respectfully dissent from the portion of the main opinion holding that a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 371 for conspiracy to convert property might not, under the circumstances of this case, be a “serious crime.”10

Rule 8(c)(2) defines a “serious crime” as follows:

“(2) A ‘serious crime’ is defined as:

“(A) A felony;

“(B) A lesser crime involving moral turpitude;

*734“(C) A lesser crime, a necessary element of…