Trammell v. Disc. Bd. of the Ala. State Bar

This appeal arises out of a disbarment proceeding the Alabama State Bar instigated against the appellant, Warren Seymore Trammell. After conducting a full evidentiary hearing, the Disciplinary Board voted to disbar Trammell for violating four Disciplinary Rules of the Code of Professional Responsibility of the Alabama State Bar. That judgment is appealed and the following issues are raised: (1) that Trammell was forced to act in ways inconsistent with his duties as a member of the bar because of duress; (2) that law enforcement agencies in concert with a newspaper, entrapped Trammell, causing…