Court Opinion

ID: 9858264
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 16:19:20.559094+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:53:42.134293
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COLEMAN and BLOODWORTH,
Justices (dissenting) :
We must respectfully dissent from the majority opinion which holds that an attor-. ney at law may be disbarred by this corirt , upon proof of conviction of a felóny by a ," court of record notwithstanding he' has .- taken an appeal from that conviction which,, is presently pending.
With due deference to this opinion, we must state our view that .the “conviction”, referred to in Rule 37(b) of Section A, of the Rules Governing the Conduct of Attorneys in Alabama, 230 Ala. XXIII, XX.V, means a “final conviction.”
As the majority opinion-points out; thcire are two views regarding the meaning ’ of the word “conviction” in such disbarment cases. Some courts, perhaps a majority, hold as the majority opinion holds;, others, as we would hold. ■
We think the better view is that the “conviction” must be a “final conviction” and when an appeal is pending it is not.