Case Name: In re Complaint as to the Conduct of NICHOLAS A. DRAKULICH, Accused
Court: Oregon Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1985-07-09
Citations: 299 Or. 417
Docket Number: SC 29058
Parties: In re Complaint as to the Conduct of NICHOLAS A. DRAKULICH, Accused.
Judges: Before Peterson, Chief Justice, Lent, Linde, Campbell, Roberts & Carson, Justices.
Reporter: Oregon Reports
Volume: 299
Pages: 417–419

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted January 31,
complaint dismissed July 9, 1985
In re Complaint as to the Conduct of NICHOLAS A. DRAKULICH, Accused.
(SC 29058)
702 P2d 1097
Richard A. Carlson, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for accused.
Patrie J. Doherty, Portland, argued the cause for Oregon State Bar. With him on the brief were Dennis R. VavRosky and Rankin, McMurry, VavRosky & Doherty, Portland.
Before Peterson, Chief Justice, Lent, Linde, Campbell, Roberts & Carson, Justices.
PER CURIAM
Peterson, C. J., dissented and filed an opinion.
Lent, J., dissented and filed an opinion.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
This attorney discipline case presents the same issue decided this date in In re Chase, 299 Or 391, 702 P2d 1082 (1985), that is, whether the conviction of the attempted possession of a controlled substance (cocaine) is a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude. The Disciplinary Review Board in Chase concluded that the conviction was for a crime involving moral turpitude but in this case the Disciplinary Review Board concluded that it was not.
It is not necessary to set out the facts of this case because, as we decided in Chase, the facts and circumstances of an individual case are not significant in determining whether a crime involves moral turpitude under ORS 9.527(2). We look only to the record of the conviction.
For the reasons stated in Chase, we hold that the accused's conviction of attempted possession of a controlled substance is not a crime involving moral turpitude.
Complaint dismissed.