Clark v. Alabama State Bar

547 So.2d 461 (1989)

Charles Edward CLARK

v.

ALABAMA STATE BAR.

88-348.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 9, 1989.

James L. North and J. Timothy Francis, Birmingham, for appellant.

John A. Yung IV, Montgomery, for appellee.

Thomas M. Haas and Christopher Knight, Mobile, for amicus curiae Thomas M. Haas in favor of the appellant.

This appeal presents the question of whether the failure to pay income taxes, as opposed to the failure to file an income tax return, is a crime involving moral turpitude as a matter of law. On June 23, 1987, Charles Edward Clark pleaded guilty to four counts of violating 26…