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An attorney convicted of eleven misdemeanors involving his bringing contraband to a client in a county jail was disbarred by the Georgia Supreme Court.

One unusual aspect of the case is that the contraband was not illegal drugs or the implements of an escape attempt:

Apparently motivated by a misguided sense of sympathy for his client, [the attorney] smuggled tobacco or tobacco-related items to his client on several occasions, and on at least one occasion, [he] smuggled packages with unknown contents, although [he] believed that these packages contained tobacco as well. Tobacco was contraband in the jail, and [he] knew that his client could get in trouble for having contraband in his possession.

He also was dishonest with the correctional officers when he was caught.

The court concluded that the offenses involved moral turpitude.(Mike Frisch)