State v. O'DOWD

This is a disbarment proceeding instituted in the name of the State of Texas, petitioner, by the State Bar Grievance Committee for the 11th Congressional District against E. H. O’Dowd, respondent. Judgment was entered by the trial court disbarring respondent as an attorney at law, subject to reinstatement as provided in the Rules of the State Bar, but the Court of Civil Appeals reversed on grounds of jury misconduct and remanded the cause for a new trial. 304 S.W. 2d 241. It is our opinion that while jury misconduct may have occurred and affected the jury’s answers to two of the issues, the…