Legal Opinion
In Re McBride
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 21, 1992No. 88-1563PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
In this disciplinary case, we revisit three of our decisions —In re Willcher, 447 A.2d 1198 (D.C.1982); In re Kerr, 424 A.2d 94 (D.C.1980) (en banc); and In re Colson, 412 A.2d 1160 (D.C.1979) (en banc) — to review our prior holdings that (1) all crimes with a statutory element of “intent to defraud” are crimes involving moral turpitude per se, and (2) D.C.Code § ll-2503(a) (1989) requires disbarment for life upon conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude.
On August 31, 1988, respondent Willard C. McBride pleaded guilty in federal court to the misdemeanor of…
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