484.240. Removal or suspension without trial. - Missouri Statutes

Removal or suspension without trial.

484.240. If the charge allege a conviction for any criminaloffense involving moral turpitude, the court shall, on productionof the record of such conviction, remove the attorney soconvicted or suspend such attorney from practice for a limitedtime, according to the nature of the offense, as the court maydeem just, and without further trial. If the attorney beacquitted or discharged upon his trial, or if he be charged undersubdivision (1), (2) or (3) of section 484.190, and appears atthe time fixed by court and denies the charges preferred againsthim, or having been notified as required by section 484.210 or484.220, fails to appear, the court shall forthwith hear theevidence offered in support of said charge and the evidenceoffered by the accused, and shall determine the matter withoutdelay. And if the court finds that the charge has beensustained, or if the accused shall admit that he is guilty, thecourt shall remove him from practice or shall suspend him for alimited period, according to the nature of the offense and as thecourt may deem just and proper.

(RSMo 1939 § 13333)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 11712; 1919 § 686; 1909 § 956

(1972) Willfully and knowingly failing to make a federal income tax return is an offense involving moral turpitude within meaning of this section (rule). In re. MacLeod (Mo.), 479 S.W.2d 443.