In Re the Discipline of Parker

The respondent, Robert J. Parker, was admitted to practice as an attorney and counselor at law in the courts of the State of South Dakota by a certificate of admission dated the 15th day of August, 1963. He most recently had been engaged in the private practice of law in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

In 1976, respondent was arrested and charged with two counts of felony distribution of marijuana. A jury returned a verdict of guilty on both counts on October 29, 1976. A judgment of conviction on a sentence of three years on each count, to be served concurrently, was entered by the trial court on…