In Re Kirschke

Opinion

THE COURT.

This is a proceeding to review a recommendation of the Disciplinaiy Board of the State Bar that petitioner be disbarred. He was admitted to practice law in this state in 1956.

Petitioner was convicted in a jury trial of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187) for shooting his wife and her lover. His conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeal in an unpublished opinion, and his petition for hearing in this court was denied. Petitioner then filed a petition for writs of habeas corpus and coram nobis. After an extensive evidentiary hearing, the trial court denied the petition,…