In Re Terrell Doctrine: Facts
In Re Terrell Doctrine: Facts
Doctrine:
Facts:
Howard D. Terrell, an attorney-at-law, was ordered to show cause why he should not be suspended
- assisted in the organization of the "Centro Bellas Artes" Club, after he had been notified that the said organization was
made for the purpose of evading the law then in force in said city
- acting as attorney for said "Centro Bellas Artes"
Held:Yes
The knowledge and acts of the accused in connection with the organization of the "Centro Bellas Artes" Club were of such a
nature and character as to warrant his suspension from practice.
The promoting of organizations, with knowledge of their objects, for the purpose of violating or evading the laws against crime
constitutes such misconduct on the part of an attorney, an officer of the court, as amounts to malpractice or gross misconduct in
his office, and for which he may be removed or suspended.
The assisting of a client in a scheme which the attorney knows to be dishonest, or the conniving at a violation of law, are acts
which justify disbarment.
Although he was acquitted of the charge of estafa in the criminal case, the Court resolves that the ends of justice will be served
by the suspension of said Howard D. Terrell from the practice of law in the Philippine Islands for the term of one year from the
7th day of