STATE EX REL. OKLAHOMA BAR ASS'N v. O'BRIEN

SCBD No. 2782.

611 P.2d 650 (1980)

STATE of Oklahoma ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. David N. O'BRIEN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

May 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doyle W. Argo, Gen. Counsel, Oklahoma Bar Ass'n, Oklahoma City, for complainant.


HODGES, Justice.

This proceeding was initiated by Betty J. Jones, the aunt of George R. Fuller, a convicted felon, because of the failure of the attorney, David N. O'Brien, to communicate with his client concerning Fuller's representation.

O'Brien had accepted $500.00 of a proposed $1,000.00 fee for representing Fuller in an action for post-conviction relief. O'Brien sought relief before the district court and the Court of Criminal Appeals, both of which denied...

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