Legal Opinion

Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Barger

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided September 28, 2000No. 2000-SC-0712-KBPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*792OPINION AND ORDER

On July 26, 2000, a Perry County Circuit Court jury convicted Respondent, John Mark Barger, of Possession of a Controlled Substance, First Degree. The jury sentenced him to one year in the penitentiary, a felony under KRS 500.080. The Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) moves this Court to enter a public order confirming Respondent’s suspension from the practice of law in this Commonwealth since July 27, 2000.

Supreme Court Rule 3.166(1) states that any member of the bar who “pleads guilty or is convicted by a judge or jury of a felony ... shall be automatically suspended ...…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. BargerKentucky Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. BargerKentucky Supreme Court · 2002

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