IN RE RICHARD R. RYDER
263 F.Supp. 360, aff'd per curiam 381 F.2d 713 (4th Cir. 1967)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a disbarment proceeding.
FACTS: Ryder (D) took possession of stolen money and a sawed off shotgun knowing that the
money had been stolen and the gun had been used in an armed robbery. D intended to retain
the property pending his client's trial unless the government discovered it. At the start of
the incident, D came to his client's house when FBI agents were present and his client
insisted that he had not robbed the bank as he had won the money in a crap game. Later that
afternoon D called one of the FBI agents to see if some of the money taken from his client
had been identified from the robbery. The agent indicated that several of the bills were
bait money. D then conferred with his client again the next day and urged his client to tell
the truth but D did not believe his client's story. D then conferred with a fellow attorney
who advised D to get the money and return it to the rightful owners. D then devised a plan
to get the robbery money by getting a power of attorney to go to the bank deposit box where
it had been placed, D rented another box, opened his client's box and then took the money
and shotgun and transferred it to his box and then left the bank. D did talk with others in
the profession about his conduct and was advised that he could not receive the property and
if he had received it, he could not retain possession of it. His client was indicted for the
robbery and a bench warrant was issued and D represented his client at the bond hearing. The
FBI got search warrants for the safety deposit boxes and found the money and the sawed off
shotgun in D's box. D was removed as an attorney for D and suspended from practice.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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