State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Cook

LAVENDER, Justice:

This matter is before the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma on the Motion of the Oklahoma Bar Association to enter a Final Order of Discipline under Rule 7.4 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings (Title 5, Ch. 1, App. 1-A, West’s OSA).

Respondent, a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, was convicted by a jury of the crime of embezzlement and false account of officer (21 O.S.1971, § 341) in the District Court of Muskogee County, Oklahoma.

The essence of the crime was that Respondent, while acting in his capacity as Special District Judge of Muskogee County,…