Case Name: SCHMID v. STATE OF GEORGIA
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1970-04-23
Citations: 121 Ga. App. 700
Docket Number: 45283
Parties: SCHMID v. STATE OF GEORGIA.
Judges: Deen and Evans, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 121
Pages: 700–700

Head Matter:
45283.
SCHMID v. STATE OF GEORGIA.
Submitted April 14, 1970
Decided April 23, 1970.
Wesley B. Asinof, for appellant.
Nat Hancock, District Attorney, John A. Darsey, for appellee.

Opinion:
Hall, Presiding Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of disbarment for conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude. Appellant's last conviction (he has had at least 8 which would fit the moral turpitude category) was just over 4 years-prior to the institution of the disbarment proceedings. He-contends that these proceedings were barred by the statute of limitation contained in Code Ann. § 9-520. "No proceedings for the disbarment of any attorney shall be instituted or prosecuted . . . unless . . . begun within four years-after the commission of the act complained of."
The Supreme Court has considered this question and clearly held that Code Ann. § 9-520 "has no application where the disbarment proceedings are based on conviction for crime-involving moral turpitude." Jacobs v. State of Ga., 200 Ga. 440 (37 SE2d 187).
Judgment affirmed.
Deen and Evans, JJ., concur.