State Missouri v. Robert Allen Kelley

For the second time in as many months, the Chief Disciplinary Counsel seeks to discipline an attorney pursuant to Rule 5.20 following the attorneys plea of guilty in a criminal case. That rule authorizes suspension of a lawyer who has been convicted of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or of any felony. The rule further provides, "If the conviction is affirmed on appeal, the committee or chief disciplinary counsel shall file with this Court a motion to discipline, together with a certified copy of the judgment, whereupon the lawyer shall be subject to discipline by this Court without the requirement of any other proceeding."