[DOWNLOAD] "In re Sims" by District of Columbia Court of Appeals. * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: In re Sims
- Author : District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
- Release Date : January 11, 2004
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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Argued April 16, 2003 The Board on Professional Responsibility (""the Board"" or ""BPR"") recommends that Respondent Nathaniel Sims be disbarred based on a misdemeanor conflict of interest conviction which it concludes ""involves moral turpitude on the facts,"" and because of violations of Rules 8.4 (b), (c), and (d) of the District of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct. Mr. Sims filed an ""exception to the conclusions of law and recommended sanction"" of the Board. We hold that in the case of a misdemeanor conflict of interest, a non-serious crime, the Board may determine whether or not that offense involves moral turpitude on the facts. We also set forth legal principles to guide the moral turpitude inquiry in this case. Since neither the Hearing Committee nor the Board has had an opportunity to make the moral turpitude inquiry under the legal principles set forth in this opinion, we remand this matter to the Board with instructions to remand it to the Hearing Committee for a determination as to whether or not Mr. Sims was convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude on the facts. Thereafter, the Board shall submit a revised report and recommendation to this court. FACTUAL SUMMARY