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

LAVENDER, Vice Chief Justice:

Barry Simms, a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, through a plea of nolo contendere was found guilty and convicted of violating Title 26, U.S.C., Section 7206(1) in making and subscribing certain of his individual tax returns. Oklahoma Bar Association furnished documents, consisting of the indictment and judgment of conviction, to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Rules-Bar Association, Art. 10, § 4(b), 5 O.S.A., c. 1, Appendix 1.

The Bar Association and Simms were ordered to brief on the issue of the violation being an offense involving moral turpitude.…