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FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE # 9 FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

The Opinions handed down on the 22nd day of February, 2006 , are as follows:

PER CURIAM :

2004-OB-2433

IN RE: MARCUS ANTHONY BRYANT (Committee on Bar Admissions) Retired Judge Philip C. Ciaccio, assigned as Justice pro sitting for Associate Justice Catherine D. Kimball.

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Accordingly, it is ordered that the application for admission be and hereby is granted. VICTORY, J., dissents and assigns reasons. WEIMER, J., concurs with reasons in part and dissents with reasons in part.

02/22/2006 SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 04-OB-2433 IN RE: MARCUS ANTHONY BRYANT

ON APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE BAR

PER CURIAM*
The Committee on Bar Admissions ("Committee") opposed the application of petitioner, Marcus Anthony Bryant, to sit for the Louisiana Bar Examination based on character and fitness concerns. Specifically, the Committee informed petitioner that his application would be denied in light of his 1995 felony conviction of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, as well as various delinquent credit accounts. We subsequently granted petitioner permission to sit for the bar exam, with the condition that upon his successful completion of the exam, he apply to the court for the appointment of a commissioner to take character and fitness evidence.1 Petitioner thereafter successfully passed the essay portion of the bar exam, and upon his application, we appointed a commissioner to take evidence and report to this court whether petitioner possesses the appropriate character and fitness to be admitted to the bar and allowed to practice law in the State of Louisiana. We also authorized the Office of Disciplinary Counsel to conduct an investigation into petitioner's qualifications to be admitted to the bar. The commissioner conducted a character and fitness hearing in January 2005, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule XVII,

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