ATTORNEY GRIEV. COMM'N v. BURKA

[Misc. (BV) No. 4, September Term, 1981.]

292 Md. 221 (1981)

438 A.2d 514

ATTORNEY GRIEVANCE COMMISSION OF MARYLAND v. LEONARD WALTER BURKA

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter D. Murphy, Jr., Assistant Bar Counsel, for petitioner.

Charles E. Wilson, Jr., for respondent.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.


COLE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue presented here is whether, under the facts of this case, a psychiatrist's diagnosis of "anxiety neurosis with associated depression" is a compelling extenuating circumstance such that it would warrant a sanction less severe than disbarment when an attorney has been found guilty of behavior involving fraud, deceit, or dishonesty.

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