Court Opinion

ID: 9625085
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Date Created: 2023-08-22 07:27:24.502618+00
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Hunstein, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent to the majority’s conclusion that the appropriate level of discipline in this case is a two-year suspension. Instead, I would disbar Armwood from the practice of law in the State of Georgia. Rule 4-103 of the Rules and Regulations of the State Bar of Georgia allows for disbarment upon a finding of a third disciplinary infraction. Apart from his current infraction, Armwood has already received reprimands in 1996 and 2002 and currently is suspended from practice for other misconduct. See In the Matter of John H. Armwood, 277 Ga. 641 (592 SE2d 853) (2004). In my opinion, Armwood’s pattern of misconduct, once more evident in this case, constitutes a disciplinary infraction, which, under Bar Rule 4-103 warrants disbarment.
I am authorized to state that Justice Thompson joins in this dissent.
*216Decided July 12, 2004.
William P. Smith III, General Counsel State Bar, K. Gene Chapman, Assistant General Counsel State Bar, for State Bar of Georgia.
Rita T. Williams, for Armwood.