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p. 297Second Department, November 23, 1987
In the Matter of Jeffrey Alan Licker, an Attorney, Respondent. Grievance Committee for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts, Petitioner.
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Robert H. Straus for petitioner.
Jeffrey Alan Licker, respondent pro se.
OPINION OF THE COURT
The respondent was admitted to practice by this court on January 9, 1980. On October 24, 1985, after a jury trial, the respondent was found guilty in the District Court, 203rd
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District, Dallas County, Texas, of two counts of murder, a first degree felony under Texas law, for "knowingly and intentionally causing the deaths” of two persons. The respondent was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment and a $10,000 fine on the first count and 10 years’ probation and a $10,000 fine on the second count. The Texas crimes are cognizable as class A-I felonies in New York State (see, Penal Law § 125.25).
Pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4) upon his conviction of a felony, the respondent ceased to be an attorney and counselor-at-law in this State. Accordingly, the petitioner’s motion is granted. The respondent is disbarred and it is directed that his name be stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law forthwith.
Mollen, P. J., Mangano, Bracken, Brown and Kooper, JJ., concur.