IN RE LEARDO

Docket No. S013350.

53 Cal.3d 1 (1991)

805 P.2d 948

278 Cal. Rptr. 689

In re RALPH J. LEARDO on Disbarment.

Supreme Court of California.

March 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

George V. Denny III for Petitioner.

Quattrin, Johnson, Campora & England, David B. Johnson, Edwin T. Caldwell and Theodore A. Cohen as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Diane C. Yu, Richard J. Zanassi, Starr Babcock and Mara Mamet for Respondent.


OPINION

THE COURT.

We review the recommendation of the Review Department of the State Bar Court (hereafter review department) that petitioner be disbarred from the practice of law in California because of his 1985 conviction in the Virgin Islands on two counts of possessing controlled substances with intent to distribute (21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)). As will appear, we conclude that a less severe form of discipline will better recognize...

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