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Matter of Rella

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 1, 1928
225 App. Div. 653 (N.Y. App. Div. 1928)

Opinion

November, 1928.


The respondent was admitted to the Bar in April, 1920, in the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department. On May 23, 1928, in the Court of General Sessions of the county of New York, he was convicted of the crime of grand larceny, first degree, which is a felony, and was sentenced by the court to imprisonment in the State Prison, at hard labor, for a term the minimum of which shall not be less than three years, and the maximum of which shall not be more than six years. Section 477 Jud. of the Judiciary Law provides: "Any person being an attorney and counsellor-at-law, who shall be convicted of a felony, shall, upon such conviction, cease to be an attorney and counsellor-at-law, or to be competent to practice law as such." The respondent, having been convicted of a crime which is a felony, should be disbarred. Finch, McAvoy, Martin and Proskauer, JJ., concur. Respondent disbarred.


Summaries of

Matter of Rella

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 1, 1928
225 App. Div. 653 (N.Y. App. Div. 1928)
Case details for

Matter of Rella

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of ONOFRIO RELLA, an Attorney, Respondent

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Nov 1, 1928

Citations

225 App. Div. 653 (N.Y. App. Div. 1928)