Mississippi Bar v. Baldwin

OPINION AND ORDER

¶ 1. This matter comes before us following our decision in Mississippi Bar v. Attorney G., 630 So.2d 344 (Miss. 1994) which amended Rule 6(a) of the Rules of Discipline for the Mississippi Bar to allow this Court to rule on non-adjudicated cases involving felonies without recommendation from a Complaint Tribunal. As a result of his arrest and plea of guilty to felonious possession of a controlled substance even though it was non adjudicated by the trial court, Gerald K. Baldwin, Jr. ("Baldwin"), is disbarred from the practice of law in Mississippi.

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¶ 2. On August 18, 1999,…