# State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Association v. Besley

> Supreme Court of Oklahoma · March 28, 2006 · 136 P.3d 590

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9785856

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE of Oklahoma, Ex Rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. Helen Frances BESLY, Respondent
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** March 28, 2006
- **Citations:** 136 P.3d 590; 2006 OK 18; 2006 Okla. LEXIS 16; 2006 WL 782845
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Taylor
- **Judges:** Watt, Kauger, Taylor, Winchester, Lavender, Hargrave, Opala, Edmondson, Colbert
- **Cited by:** 38 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding an attorney commingled estate funds with his own when he paid himself under the auspices of what he considered due to him without court approval

## Opinion text

¶ 61 TAYLOR, J.,
dissenting.
I would impose a one year suspension.

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