STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. TOLLIVER

STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. TOLLIVER
2013 OK 28
Case Number: SCBD-5982
Decided: 04/18/2013

THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

FOR PUBLICATION IN OBJ ONLY. NOT RELEASED FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

STATE OF OKLAHOMA ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant,
v.
SANDRA LEE TOLLIVER Respondent.

ORDER OF IMMEDIATE INTERIM SUSPENSION

The Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA), in compliance with Rule 7.1 and 7.2 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings (RGDP), has forward to this Court certified copies of the Information, Affidavit and Finding of Probable Cause, Record of Plea, and Order of Deferred Sentence in which Sandra Lee Tolliver, pled no contest to the misdemeanor charge of bringing contraband to a jail / penal institution, a violation of 57 OS 21(A). Rule 7.3 of the RGDP provides: "Upon receipt of the certified copies of Judgment and Sentence on a plea of guilty, order deferring judgment and sentence, indictment or information and the judgment and sentence, the Supreme Court shall by order immediately suspend the lawyer from the practice of law until further order of the Court."

Having received certified copies of these papers and orders, this Court orders that Sandra Lee Tolliver is immediately suspended from the practice of law. Sandra Lee Tolliver is directed to show cause, if any, no later than April 29, 2013, why this order of interim suspension should be set aside. See RGDP Rule 7.3. The OBA has until May 10, 2013, to respond to Sandra Lee Tolliver should one be filed.

Rule 7.2 of the RGDP provides that a certified copy of a plea of guilty, an order deferring judgment and sentence, or information and judgment and sentence of conviction "shall constitute the charge and be conclusive evidence of the commission of the crime upon which the judgment and sentence is based and shall suffice as the basis for discipline in accordance with these rules." Pursuant to Rule 7.4 of the RGDP, Sandra Lee Tolliver has until May 9, 2013, to show cause in writing why a final order of discipline should not be imposed, to request a hearing, or to file a brief and any evidence tending to mitigate the severity of discipline. The OBA has until May 24, 2013, to respond.

DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT this 18th day of April, 2013.

/S/CHIEF JUSTICE

ALL JUSTICES CONCUR.