In Re Abbott

Opinion

THE COURT. *

This is a proceeding to review a recommendation of the Disciplinary Board of the State Bar that William Abbott be disbarred.

Abbott, a 51-year-old attorney admitted to practice in 1958, pleaded guilty to a charge of grand theft. In October 1972 the court sentenced him to prison but suspended execution of the sentence and placed him on five years’ probation on conditions including one year in jail and the making of restitution.

In December 1972 we placed Abbott on interim suspension since the crime involved moral turpitude (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6102, subd. (a)), and after the…