APPLICATION OF ROBERT C.
Issue: Did the applicant show present good moral
character sufficient to overcome past indiscretions and be admitted to
the Bar of Maryland?
Admitted?: Yes.
Area of Concern: Though the Court did not specify the
facts, it cited to cases involving rehabilitation for past criminal
misconduct.
Citation: 302 Md. 677, 490 A.2d 716 (1985)
Opinion
PANEL MURPHY, C.J., SMITH, ELDRIDGE,
RODOWSKY and McAULIFFE, JJ., CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr. (retired), Specially
Assigned, and JAMES C. MORTON, Jr. (retired), Specially Assigned.
ORDER
The Court having considered the favorable
recommendation of the
State Board of Law Examiners and the exceptions of the
Character Committee of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, and
The Court having ordered that a hearing be held to allow the
Character Committee to show cause why the recommendation of the Board
should be rejected and to allow the applicant, Robert C., to show cause
why the Board's recommendation should not be rejected, and
The Court having conducted a hearing and having made an independent
evaluation of the applicant's present moral character based upon the
records made by the Character Committee and the Board, Rule 4c of the
Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Maryland; In Re Application
of
Page 678
Allan S., 282 Md. 683,
691, 387 A.2d 271
(1978), and having considered the fact that the burden rests at all
times upon the applicant to prove his good moral character, In Re
Application of G.L.S., 292 Md. 378,
398, 439 A.2d 1107
(1982), and,
The Court having concluded that Robert C. has established present
good moral character and fitness to be admitted to the Bar of this
State, it is this 12th day of April, 1985.
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that Robert C. be
admitted to the Bar of Maryland upon taking the oath prescribed by the
statute, subject only to the filing of an updating oath as to character
information.
