Legal Opinion
Matter of Colson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 3, 1979No. S-24-74/D-27-78PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Associate Judge:
On June 3, 1974, respondent Charles W. Colson, former White House Aide and Special Counsel to then President Richard M. Nixon, pleaded guilty before Judge Gerhard Gesell of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1503 (1970), a felony.1 Re*1162spondent was subsequently sentenced to a prison term of one to three years and fined $5,000.2 Upon receipt of a certificate of his conviction, this court by an order dated June 28, 1974, suspended respondent from the practice of law pursuant to D.C.App. R. XI, Sec. 15(1).3 The matter…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Ex Parte GarlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
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3Cited by136 opinions
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