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COMMITTEE ON LEGAL ETHICS v. BOETTNER

No. 19211.

394 S.E.2d 735 (1990)

The COMMITTEE ON LEGAL ETHICS OF the WEST VIRGINIA STATE BAR v. John L. BOETTNER, Jr.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Dissenting Opinion of Justice Brotherton April 17, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack M. Marden, Cynthia Santoro Gustke, The Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar, Charleston, for The Committee on Legal Ethics.

James T. Cooper, Lovett, Vaughn & Cooper, Charleston, for John L. Boettner, Jr.

MILLER, Justice:

In this disciplinary proceeding, the Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar (Committee) asks us to annul the license to practice law of John L. Boettner, Jr. Mr. Boettner pled guilty in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia to violating 26 U.S.C. § 7201, which makes it a felony willfully to evade the payment of federal taxes.1 The Committee maintains that this...

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