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PUBLIC LAW 88-241-DEC. 23, 1963

§ 11-2103. Disbarment by District Court upon conviction of crime When a member of the bar of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia is convicted of an otfense involving moral turpitude, and a duly certified copy of the final judgment of the conviction is presented to the court, the name of the member so convicted may thereupon, by order of the court, be struck from the roll of the members of the bar, and he shall thereafter cease to be a member thereof. Upon appeal from a judgment of conviction, and pending the final determination of the appeal, the court may order the suspension from practice of the convicted member of the bar; and upon a reversal of the conviction, or the granting of a pardon, the court may vacate or modify the order of disbarment or suspension. § 11-2104. Censure, suspension, or disbarment by other courts The District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, may censure, suspend, or expel an attorney from practice, at their respective bars, for a crime involving moral turpitude, or professional misconduct, or conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice. § 11-2105. Procedure for censure, suspension, or disbarment A member of the bar may not be censured, suspended, nor expelled as provided by section 11-2102 or 11-2104, until written charges, under oath, against him liaA'e been presented to the court, stating distinctly i lie grounds of complaint. The court may order the charges to be filed in the office of the clerk of the court and shall fix a time for hearing thereon. Thereupon a certified copy of the charges and order shall be served upon the member personally by the United States marshal or such other person as the court designates, or if it is established to the satisfaction of the court that personal service can not be had, a certified copy of the charges and order shall be served upon him by mail, publication, or otherwise as the court directs. After the filing of the written charges the court may suspend the person charged from practice at its bar pending the trial thereof.

CHAPTER 23—JURORS AND JURY COMMISSIONERS Bee.

11-2301. Qualifications of jurors. 11-2302. Exemptions. 11-2303. Jury commission; appointment, qualifications, oath, tenure, compensation, and removal. 11-2304. Record of names; jury box; custody. 11-2305. Selection of jurors. 11-2306. Manner of drawing. 11-2307. Substitution in case of vacancies. 11-2308. Disposition of box after drawing; excuse from further service. 11-2309. Filling vacancies; deficiencies in panel. 11-2810. Talesmen from bystanders. 11-2311. Summoning Jurors. 11-2312. Length of service. 11-2313. Fees of jurors; allowances. 11-2314. Marshal to have charge; deputies.

§ 11-2301. Qualifications of jurors (a) Any citizen of the United States who has attained the age of 21 years and who has resided for a period of one year within the District of Columbia is competent to serve as a grand or petit juror in courts of the District unless h e: (1) has been convicted in a State, territorial, or federal court of record, or court of the District, of a crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year, and his civil risrhts have not been restored by pardon or amnesty; (2) is unable to read, write, speak and understand the English language; or

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