Legal Opinion
In Re a Member of the State Bar of Arizona, Morris
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided May 31, 1990No. SB-90-0005-DPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOELLER, Justice.
JURISDICTION
Respondent, Richard W. Morris, has practiced law for many years in San Diego, California, but has maintained an Arizona bar membership. On October 1, 1987, he pled guilty in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas to the federal felony offense of misprision of felony, a violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 4 (West 1969 & Supp.1990). Based on that conviction, disciplinary proceedings were commenced against respondent in both California and Arizona. The California proceedings are pending.
Based on the federal court conviction in Texas, this…
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