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OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. NORRIS

No. 95-2525.

76 Ohio St.3d 93 (1996)

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. NORRIS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 24, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey Stern, Disciplinary Counsel, and Stacy M. Solochek, Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, for relator.

Antonios C. Scavdis, for respondent.

Per Curiam.

We concur with the board's findings, but believe that a more severe penalty is warranted. First, we take as fact that the respondent is guilty of the misdemeanor of possessing cocaine. Despite his testimony, and that of others, that there were no facts to support his conviction and that he pled guilty to avoid a trial, we decline to go behind the federal court's judgment. As we pointed out in Disciplinary Counsel v. Mesi (1995),

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