Case Name: In re Christopher G. HAWKINS, Respondent. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Decision Date: 1996-11-21
Citations: 685 A.2d 753
Docket Number: No. 95-BG-1387
Parties: In re Christopher G. HAWKINS, Respondent. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Judges: Before FERREN and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 685
Pages: 753–753

Head Matter:
In re Christopher G. HAWKINS, Respondent. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
No. 95-BG-1387.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Submitted Nov. 7, 1996.
Decided Nov. 21, 1996.
Before FERREN and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This matter is before the court on the recommendation of the Board on Professional Responsibility to disbar respondent following his conviction for a crime involving moral turpitude. Respondent was convicted in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, of possession for sale of a controlled substance (cocaine), in violation of California Health and Safety Code § 11351. We have held that the crime of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute involves moral turpitude per se. See In re Mendes, 598 A.2d 168, 169 (D.C.1991); In re Campbell, 572 A.2d 1059, 1061 (D.C.1990). The crimes of conviction in those decisions are indistinguishable from the crime for which respondent was convicted. Accordingly, respondent must be disbarred. D.C.Code § 11-2503(a) (1995); In re Colson, 412 A.2d 1160 (D.C.1979) (en banc).
We therefore order respondent disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia effective immediately. See D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14(f) (1996).
So ordered.