In re Keeffe

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent, admitted to practice by the First Department on March 12, 1956, was convicted by jury verdict of grand larceny in the second degree (the third count of the indictment), a class D felony, on May 31, 1979. On December 4, 1979, this court granted the petition of the Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Judicial Department to strike respondent’s name from the roll of attorneys pursuant to subdivision 4 of section 90 of the Judiciary Law. (Matter of Keeffe, 71 AD2d 248.)

On May 1, 1980, the Court of Appeals reversed the conviction and dismissed the…