Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Standridge

DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

MARCUS, Justice.

The Louisiana State Bar Association, through its Committee on Professional Responsibility, instituted this disciplinary proceeding against John M. Standridge, a member of said association. The committee’s petition for disciplinary action is based on respondent’s final conviction of the crime of theft.

On December 9, 1983, John M. Stand-ridge was charged by bill of information in the Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lafayette, with theft of cash in excess of $500 belonging to Douglas MacDiarmid in violation of La.R.S. 14:67. As part of his…