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

¶ 1 This is a Rule 6 bar disciplinary proceeding against Respondent, Larry Dean Wagener. A panel of the Professional Responsibility Tribunal (PRT) has recommended that Respondent be publicly censured. De novo review impels this Court to reject that recommendation. Respondent is suspended for six months and assessed the costs of this proceeding.

¶ 2 The single count allegation of professional misconduct concerns Respondent’s representation of Darel John Barnett in 1997 and 1998. The stipulated facts reveal that Respondent represented Barnett in his trial on charges of rape and lewd molestation…