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

DOOLIN, Justice:

Article X, § 4(b) of the Rules of the Oklahoma Bar Association 1 provides that:

“A member of the association who has been convicted in any jurisdiction of a crime involving moral turpitude regardless of whether conviction resulted from a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or from a verdict after trial, shall be subject to discipline as herein provided, regardless of the pendency of an appeal.”

Respondent pleaded guilty in Kay County, Oklahoma, to two charges, one involving unlawful possession of amphetamines and one involving unlawful possession of marijuana. Sentence was…