Legal Opinion · Dissent

Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Guidugli

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided April 16, 1998No. 97-SC-857-KBPublished

1DissentStumbo, Justice

While I have sympathy for Respondent and understand that he has suffered greatly already for his failure to reveal his Alford plea to the Bar Association, I cannot but protest the leniency with which he is treated *590herein. My concern is with the complete lack of candor involved in the concealment of this matter from the Bar Association. As was stated in In re Taylor, 309 Ky. 388, 217 S.W.2d 954, 956 (1949), “[i]t is the duty of the applicant for a license to disclose facts pertaining to his qualifications, and all facts that would put the Board or the court on notice of any disqualifications.”

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Matter of CharosIndiana Supreme Court · 1992
  2. In Re TaylorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1949
  3. In re LaneCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1956

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