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Morrissey v. Virginia State Bar

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 16, 1994No. Record 940374PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Whiting

This case was heard on an amended complaint filed by the Virginia State Bar charging Joseph Dee Morrissey, then the Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Richmond, with violations of a number of disciplinary rules in connection with his prosecution of felony charges against Robert William Molyneux, III. Although the trial court dismissed a number of the charges, it found that Morrissey violated the following disciplinary rules:

DR 1-102 Misconduct.—

(A) A lawyer shall not:(4) Engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation which reflects adversely on a lawyer’s…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Fitzgerald v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982
  2. Seventh District Committee v. GunterSupreme Court of Virginia · 1971
  3. Blue v. Seventh District Committee of Virginia State BarSupreme Court of Virginia · 1980
  4. Gunter v. Virginia State BarSupreme Court of Virginia · 1989
  5. Gardner v. Warden of Virginia State PenitentiarySupreme Court of Virginia · 1981

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. In Re Joseph D. MorrisseyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2002
  2. Kerry Lee Winslow v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2013
  3. Morrissey v. Virginia State Bar Ex Rel. Third District CommitteeSupreme Court of Virginia · 2000
  4. In re: Morrissey v.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2002
  5. Kuchinsky v. Virginia State BarSupreme Court of Virginia · 2014

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