In re Roseman

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent was admitted to the Bar in the First Department on April 2, 1951.

*55On January 10, 1979, respondent was convicted in the Supreme Court, New York County, after a jury trial, of four counts of criminal contempt in the first degree (Penal Law, § 215.51), which is a class E felony, and was sentenced to a term of one year in prison.

He concedes that, pursuant to subdivision 4 of section 90 of the Judiciary Law, he cannot practice law in this State. However, he contends that because incarceration was stayed pending an appeal, the entry of the order striking the…