MATTER OF COLSON

No. S-24-74/D-27-78.

412 A.2d 1160 (1979)

In the Matter of Charles W. COLSON, a Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 23, 1979.

Opinions Filed July 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Douglas, Washington, D. C., appointed by the court, amicus curiae.

Charles H. Morin, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KELLY, KERN, GALLAGHER, NEBEKER, YEAGLEY, HARRIS, MACK and FERREN, Associate Judges.


KELLY, Associate Judge:

On June 3, 1974, respondent Charles W. Colson, former White House Aide and Special Counsel to then President Richard M. Nixon, pleaded guilty before Judge Gerhard Gesell of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1503 (1970), a felony.1 Respondent was subsequently sentenced to a prison term of one to three years...

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