Florida Bar v. Barket

Sam E. Barket petitions this Court for review of the referee’s recommendation that he be disbarred as a result of his adjudication of guilt and sentence for a lewd and lascivious assault upon a fifteen-year-old girl. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 15, Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed, we uphold the referee’s recommendation and disbar Barket from the practice of law.

After Barket was convicted of the felony of sexual battery, this Court automatically suspended him from the practice of law pending the outcome of this disciplinary proceeding. The conviction resulted from the following…