Duggan
Duggan v. State Bar
Opinion
lead Opinion
These are consolidated proceedings to review recommendations of the Disciplinary Board of the State Bar (Board) in L.A. No. 30549 that petitioner be disbarred because of his conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude (Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 6101, 6102; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 951) and in L.A. No. 30473 that he be suspended from the practice of law for 18 months.
Petitioner was admitted to practice in Í955; there have been two prior concluded disciplinary proceedings against him. 1 On March 6, 1974, he *420 pleaded guilty to, and was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor (Pen. Code, § 272). For this offense, imposition of sentence was suspended and petitioner was granted probation for five years under certain conditions. 2
The proceeding in L.A. No. 30549 was initiated by the transmission to this court of certified copies of papers evidencing petitioner’s conviction. (Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 6101-6102.) On May 22, 1974, we issued an order to show cause reciting that “[t]he judgment of conviction of violating Penal Code section 272, an offense involving moral turpitude, entered against Patrick E. Duggan” had become final and giving petitioner 20 days…