Section 36-2-19 - Conviction of crime; certifying copy of record to supreme court; disbarment. - New Mexico Statutes

36-2-19. [Conviction of crime; certifying copy of record to supreme court; disbarment.]

In the case of the conviction of an attorney of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, the clerk of the court in which such conviction is had must within thirty days thereafter, transmit to the supreme court a certified copy of the record of conviction, and the supreme court upon receipt of such record, after judgment of such conviction, is filed, must enter an order disbarring such attorney.