STATE OF FLORIDA EX REL. FLORIDA BAR, COMPLAINANT,
v.
ELMER O. ROBERTS, RESPONDENT
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The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the disbarment of an attorney by the Board of Governors of the Florida Bar, finding no error in their judgment and assessing costs against the attorney.
No, the judgment of the Board of Governors was not erroneous, unlawful, or unjustified.
“We have carefully reviewed the record in this cause and find that the respondent has failed to establish that the judgment is erroneous, unlawful, or unjustified.”
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The respondent, Elmer O. Roberts, petitioned this court for appellate review of the judgment of the Board of Governors. The Integration Rule, Article XI, subd. 5(e), 31 F.S.A.
By its judgment, the Board of Governors of the Florida Bar disbarred the respondent and petitioned this court to assess actual costs in the amount of $278.78 against respondent.
We have carefully reviewed the record in this cause and find that the respondent has failed to establish that the judgment is erroneous, unlawful, or unjustified.
The judgment of the Board of Governors of the Florida Bar is approved, the name of the respondent, Elmer O. Roberts, is hereby stricken from the rolls of the Florida Bar, and costs of $278.78 are hereby assessed against the respondent, Elmer O. Roberts, for which let execution issue.
It is so ordered.
TERRELL, C. J., and THOMAS, HOB-SON, THORNAL and O’CONNELL, JJ„ concur.