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

OPINION

ALMA WILSON, Justice.

Respondent lawyer was accused by Petitioner Bar Association of professional misconduct sufficient to warrant professional discipline. The Bar Association alleged that the respondent had failed to cause an erroneous judgment and sentence of his client to be corrected and that although the client tried numerous times to contact the respondent, the respondent did not make an effort to obtain a correction for over a year. The Bar Association further alleges that the client served an additional thirteen months in prison as a result. After a hearing before the…