ATTORNEY GRIEV. COM'N OF MARYLAND v. Hamby

MURPHY, Chief Judge.

Ruben Irvin Hamby, a member of the Maryland Bar since 1986, was charged by the Attorney Grievance Commission, acting through Bar Counsel, with violating Rule 8.4(b) and (d) of the Rules of Professional Conduct, which provides:

“It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to:

“(b) commit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects;

“(d) engage in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice.”

Pursuant to Maryland Rule BY9 b, we referred the matter to Judge Warren B. Duckett, Jr. of the…