Section 16-19-37 - Suspension from practice on conviction of serious crime--Setting aside order. - South Dakota Statutes

16-19-37. Suspension from practice on conviction of serious crime--Setting aside order. If any attorney has been convicted of a serious crime as defined in § 16-19-36, the Supreme Court shall enter an order immediately suspending the attorney, whether the conviction resulted from a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or from a verdict after trial or otherwise, and regardless of the pendency of an appeal, pending final disposition of a disciplinary proceeding to be commenced upon such conviction. Upon good cause shown, the court may set aside such order restraining the attorney from engaging in the practice of law when it appears in the interest of justice so to do. An order suspending an attorney from the practice of law pursuant to this section shall constitute a suspension of the attorney for the purpose of §§ 16-19-74 to 16-19-82, inclusive, unless the Supreme Court shall otherwise order.

Source: Sup. Ct. Disc. Rules Aug. 28, 1974, § 5 (a); SDCL Supp, 16-19 Appx.; Supreme Court Rule 78-1, Rule X (a), (g).