STATE v. EDWARDS

No. 9243.

691 S.W.2d 747 (1985)

The STATE of Texas, Appellant, v. Mary B. EDWARDS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

April 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Smoot, Adele M. Winn, Gen. Counsel, State Bar of Texas, Austin, for appellant.

Mary B. Edwards, Houston, for appellee.


BLEIL, Justice.

In this disciplinary proceeding instituted by the State Bar, we hold that a retroactive suspension from the practice of law is not authorized under the State Bar Rules, Tex. Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 12, § 28 (Vernon 1973).1 Modifying the judgment to change the suspension dates so that the judgment is that which should have been rendered by the trial court, we affirm. Tex.R.Civ.P. 435.

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