In re the Disbarment of Casebier

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This is a special proceeding which questions the validity of a statute which requires this court to enter an order disbarring an attorney upon the transmission to it of a certified copy of a record of his conviction of a felony in a court of competent jurisdiction.

The record thus certified shows that H. N. Casebier was convicted of the offense of statutory rape in the district court of Jefferson county on the 8th day of October, 1929.

Casebier is an attorney at law who has practiced his profession in this state for many years.

The pertinent…