DAYTON BAR ASSN. v. O'BRIEN

No. 2004-0085.

103 Ohio St.3d 1 (2004)

2004-Ohio-3939

DAYTON BAR ASSOCIATION v. O'BRIEN.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 11, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Popp & Tuss and Mark A. Tuss, Dayton, for relator.

Bieser, Greer & Landis, L.L.P., and David C. Greer, Dayton, for respondent.


O'DONNELL, J.

{¶ 1} We are called upon to determine the appropriate sanction for an attorney who has told his client that the trial judge who presided over his criminal case and who was preparing to sentence him might be persuaded to grant a motion to withdraw the client's guilty plea if the client had the money "to afford that kind of treatment."

{¶ 2} A three-member panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline recommended...

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