State Bar of Texas v. Evans

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• holding that failure to request an instruction to disregard waives error where instruction would have cured error
• holding testimony in State Bar disciplinary proceeding that an attorney overbilled clients was admissible under Rule 404(a)(1) as rebuttal testimony to attorney's offer of pertinent character evidence of honesty and integrity
• recognizing court of appeals erred by not addressing each argument necessary to disposition of the appeal
• holding appellate court erred by reversing judgment based on arguments not raised by appellant
• holding testimony in State Bar disciplinary proceeding that an attorney overbilled clients was admissible under Rule 404(a)(1) as rebuttal testimony to attorney’s offer of pertinent character evidence of honesty and integrity
• disapproving of court of appeals’ statements that disciplinary actions are “quasi-criminal in nature” because “[c]lear Texas authority is that disciplinary actions are civil in nature”

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