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GIDDENS v. STATE BAR

Docket No. L.A. 31322.

28 Cal.3d 730 (1981)

621 P.2d 851

170 Cal. Rptr. 812

ELROY R. GIDDENS, Petitioner, v. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

January 19, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Laurence A. Young for Petitioner.

Herbert M. Rosenthal, Truitt A. Richcy, Jr., and Ellen P. Dreibelbis for Respondent.

OPINION

THE COURT.

This court must review the validity of a State Bar recommendation of discipline which is based on a hearing at which petitioner, due to his incarceration, was unable to be personally present or represented by counsel.

Elroy R. Giddens was admitted to the practice of law in California on January 5, 1972. In April 1975, he closed his law office and left the state...

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