Ohio State Bar Ass'n v. Moore

Respondent contends that a judgment of conviction of willfully failing to file federal income tax returns is inadmissible in a disciplinary proceeding before the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline and, therefore, that he cannot be subject to the imposition of discipline absent proof of misconduct.

In Dayton Bar Assn. v. Prear (1964), 175 Ohio St. 543, 196 N. E. 2d 773, this court was presented with a similar situation. After the respondent therein was convicted of three counts of willfully failing to file federal income tax returns, the relator instituted proceedings before…