Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Ball

Respondent, Dan D. Ball, a practicing attorney, was convicted on May 20, 1971, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, of violations of 26 U.S.C. § 7201. The indictment charged four counts of the offense of willfully and knowingly filing false and fraudulent income tax returns. Judgment of the District Court was filed on September 22, 1971, in which it was recited that on September 13, 1971, the respondent Ball’s punishment was fixed by the judge at a fine of $10,000 on count one, an additional fine of $10,000 on count two, and an additional fine of $10,000…