Alcohol And Guns

The Georgia Supreme Court accepted a petition for voluntary discipline of a convicted attorney.

The court previously had rejected a voluntary discipline petition and described the offense

Richbourg recites the facts leading to his conviction, which involved an early morning confrontation in the alleyway separating his residence from his neighbor’s, after Richbourg had been drinking alcohol. A truck that appeared suspicious to Richbourg pulled into the alley and as two men (one being Richbourg’s neighbor) got out of the truck, Richbourg pointed a gun at them and ordered them to the ground. The neighbor tried to tell Richbourg who he was but Richbourg would not listen. Eventually the other man got up and said Richbourg would just have to shoot him because he was going inside the house, and Richbourg withdrew to his property.

The attorney is indefinitely suspended for three years or until he completes obligations under the criminal sentence, whichever is longer. (Mike Frisch)