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121 Ga. App. 700

Schmid v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 23, 1970

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1970-04-23

Relies on Jacobs v. State of Georgia

Decided 1970-04-23

Hall, Presiding Judge.

¶1This 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.”

¶2The 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).

¶3Judgment affirmed.

Deen and Evans, JJ., concur.
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