In Re Alkow

THE COURT.

— Harry Alkow, a 60-year-old attorney admitted to practice in 1927, was convicted in 1964 of manslaughter in the driving of a vehicle. (Pen. Code, § 192, subd. 3 (b).)

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He was placed on probation for three years upon specified conditions including, among others, that he serve 11 months in jail subject to the provisions of Penal Code section 1208, then known as the Work Furlough Rehabilitation Law, and that during the 11 months he practice law only at the office of a named attorney and make only “routine court appearances, no trials, no motions. ’ ’ He did not appeal.

We referred the matter to the State Bar for a report as to whether the circumstances surrounding the offense involved moral turpitude and, if so found, for a recommendation as to discipline. The Board of Governors determined that moral turpitude was involved and recommends that Alkow be suspended for six months.

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The local committee was of the view that Alkow ⅛ conduct was extremely reprehensible and not of the standards required of members of the State Bar but that his conduct did not involve moral turpitude.

The findings of the board may be summarized as follows:

After his driver’s license expired in 1961 Alkow made one attempt to secure another license, but it was refused on the ground that he had defective vision.

From the time his license expired until he committed the manslaughter he was convicted of more than 20 traffic violations, at least 11 of which were for driving without a license. On December 5, 1963, he pleaded guilty to a violation of right of way and driving without a license, and on Decem

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ber 6, 1963, he pleaded guilty to driving without a license and without evidence of registration. He was placed on probation for one year in each action upon the condition that he not violate any laws. On January 16, 1964, he pleaded guilty to a failure to observe a boulevard stop and driving without a license and was placed on probation for one year upon the condition that he not violate any laws and upon the further specific condition that he not drive without a license.