In re McCoy

The Board of Bar Commissioners recommends the permanent disbarment of the respondent based upon a finding by the board that the respondent, on March 12, 1945, was convicted of a felony in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

At the time of the conviction, KRS 30-100 was in force, providing: “No person convicted of a felony shall be permitted to practice law in any court.” That statute was repealed by the 1948 General Assembly, and no similar statute now exists.

The sole question presented in this case is whether disbarment proceedings are necessary or proper in…