Court Opinion

ID: 9727121
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 13:20:39.460189+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:33.745539
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RATTIGAN, J., Concurring.
I agree that appellant’s conviction of having violated Unemployment Insurance Code section 2101 was a conviction for a “misdemeanor involving moral turpitude” within the meaning of Government Code section 19572, subdivision (k). I also agree that the state may rightfully discharge an employee upon his having been convicted of such misdemeanor, and even if there is no connection between the offense and his performance of his job, provided he suffers the conviction while he is employed by the state. Since that is the situation presented here, I do not perceive in the foregoing decision a holding that the state might rightfully discharge a civil service employee who was convicted of such misdemeanor prior to his having been employed and in the absence of such connection. With the reservation thus stated, I concur herein.
Respondent’s petition for a hearing by the Supreme Court was denied July 10, 1974.