In re Horn

Following a hearing before a special master under Bar Rule 4-106, the special master recommended that respondent Edgar Bridges Horn be disbarred based on his guilty plea in the Superior Court of Muscogee County to the felony of robbery, OCGA § 16-8-40 (a) (3). Although Horn requests a suspension, the State Bar also recommends disbarment. We agree that disbarment is the appropriate sanction in this case.

Horn pled guilty to robbery and received first offender treatment. The State Bar instituted this disciplinary proceeding pursuant to Bar Rule 4-106, alleging Horn’s violation of Standard 66 of…