California Supreme Court

In Re Gary D. Grant on Discipline

January 23, 201458 Cal. 4th 469

Summary

The court held that a felony conviction for knowingly possessing or controlling child pornography necessarily involves moral turpitude for purposes of attorney discipline. Because Grant's guilty plea established knowing possession as a matter of law, the court rejected the Review Department's recommended probation and suspension and ordered his disbarment. The court distinguished accidental or momentary possession scenarios but found them inapplicable to Grant's admitted offense.