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TUCKER v. VIRGINIA STATE BAR

Record No. 850920.

357 S.E.2d 525 (1987)

Perry F. TUCKER, Jr. v. VIRGINIA STATE BAR.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 12, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald G. Poindexter (Roland D. Ealey, Poindexter & Poindexter, Surry, on briefs), for appellant.

Peter R. Messitt, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., James T. Moore, III, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Diane Langley, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, and THOMAS, JJ., and COCHRAN, Retired Justice.

RUSSELL, Justice.

In this appeal of right by an attorney from an order of disbarment, the central question is whether an excessive sanction was imposed.

The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board (the Board), after a hearing on August 15, 1985, found Perry F. Tucker, Jr., a member of the Virginia State Bar, guilty of two violations of the Disciplinary Rules of the Virginia Code of Professional Responsibility. The Board detailed its findings as follows:

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