Memorandum Findings of Fact and Opinion
FORRESTER, Judge:
Respondent has determined a deficiency in petitioner's income tax for the calendar year 1968 in the amount of $1,074.47. The sole issue is whether a legal fee of $4,500 which petitioner paid in 1968 for his defense against a murder charge was a personal, nondeductible expenditure under section 262 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
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