In re Hobika

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent was admitted to the practice of law by this Court *123on July 17, 1997 and maintained an office for the practice of law in Utica. On December 23, 1999, respondent was convicted in Syracuse City Court of criminal solicitation in the fourth degree (Penal Law § 100.05), a class A misdemeanor. Respondent was sentenced on December 23, 1999 to a one-year conditional discharge, payment of a fine in the amount of $1,000 and payment of restitution to the County of Oneida in the amount of $22,000. This Court determined that criminal solicitation in the fourth degree is a…