State ex rel. Okla. Bar Ass'n v. Wiehl

• Decision Date: 14 November 2022
• Docket Number: SCBD-7359
• Citation: 2022 OK 92
• Parties: State of Oklahoma ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Association, Complainant, v. Ryan Steven Wiehl, Respondent.
• Court: Oklahoma Supreme Court

2022 OK 92

State of Oklahoma ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Association, Complainant, v. Ryan Steven Wiehl, Respondent.

No. SCBD-7359

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

November 14, 2022

FOR PUBLICATION IN OBJ ONLY. NOT FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

ORDER OF IMMEDIATE INTERIM SUSPENSION

¶1 The Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA), in compliance with Rules 7.1 and 7.2 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings (RGDP), forwarded to this Court certified copies of the following: (1) Information, charging Respondent with counts 1 and 2 Assault and Battery Upon A Police Officer, in violation of 21 O.S. § 649 (B), felonies, count 3 Assault And/Or Battery On A Emergency Medical Technician or Care Provider, in violation of 21 O.S. § 650.4, count 4 Threaten an Act of Violence, in violation of 21 O.S. § 1378 (B), a Misdemeanor, counts 5 and 6 Assault On A Police Officer, in violation of 21 O.S. § 649 (A), a misdemeanor, count 7 Resisting An Officer, in violation of 21 O.S. § 268, a misdemeanor, count 8 Assault On A Police Officer, in violation of 21 O.S. § 649 (A), a misdemeanor, count 9 Obstructing An Officer, in violation of 21 O.S. § 540, a misdemeanor, count 10 Assault in violation of 21 O.S. § 644 (A), a misdemeanor, counts 11 and 12 Threaten an Act of Violence, in violation of 21 O.S § 1378 (B), misdemeanors, count 13 Assault and Battery in violation of 21 O.S. § 644 (B), a misdemeanor, count 14 Outraging Public Decency in violation of 21 O.S. § 22, a misdemeanor, and count 15 Public Intoxication in violation of 37A O.S. § 6.101.D, a misdemeanor; (2) Plea of No Contest; and (3) Order of Deferred Sentence in the State of Oklahoma v. Ryan Wiehl, in the District Court of Tulsa County CF-2022-1953.

¶2 On October 18, 2022, Respondent entered a plea of no contest to the above-referenced crimes. The Court deferred sentencing for one (1) year on all counts until September 29, 2023, and ordered conditions for probation.

¶3 RGDP 7.3 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 may 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, and in view of the prior conduct resulting in discipline, this Court orders that Ryan Steven Wiehl is immediately suspended from the...