In re Hamm

James Hamm (defendant), convicted of first-degree murder for two 1974 killings and paroled in 1992, later graduated law school and passed the Arizona bar exam, but the Character and Fitness Committee denied his admission after a hearing revealed he continued shifting blame to his accomplice, falsely denied intent to kill despite contrary record evidence, and had not supported his son for over thirty years — while dishonestly telling the Committee his son had been adopted and refused his support, a claim his son's more credible testimony contradicted. Hamm also gave a dishonest answer about a physical altercation with his wife and improperly failed to cite sources in his petition without acknowledging any wrongdoing.