Attorney Grievance Commission v. Gilland

Davidson, J., would have suspended for no longer than six months. Smith and Digges, JJ., dissent. Smith, J., filed a dissenting opinion at page 322 infra, in which Digges, J., joins.

We are once again faced with the unpleasant task of disciplining a member of the Maryland Bar for his violation *317of a criminal statute. The crime involved here is willfully failing to file federal income tax returns.

In 1979, Robert L. Gilland, a member in good standing of the Maryland Bar since 1957, was charged with willfully failing to file his federal income tax returns for the years 1972, 1973, and 1974, in…