Texas Supreme Court

In the Matter of Lloyd E. Humphreys

March 30, 199437 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 620

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that tax evasion is an Intentional Crime involving moral turpitude, that the State Bar has jurisdiction to appeal the Board of Disciplinary Appeals' dismissal, and that legal conclusions of the Board are reviewed de novo, requiring disbarment of Lloyd Humphreys. The Court reversed the Board’s order and entered a judgment of disbarment.