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People v. Marrs. 09PDJ090. October 27, 2009. Attorney Regulation. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved a Conditional Admission of Misconduct submitted by the parties and suspended Emily Anne Marrs (Attorney Registration No. 31995) from the practice of law for a period of one year and one day, all but four months stayed upon the successful completion of a three-year period of probation with conditions, effective October 27, 2009. On February 16, 2009, Respondent knowingly submitted a fraudulent prescription to a pharmacy for ninety pills of Percocet. Investigation by the police revealed that Respondent had created fraudulent prescriptions on her home computer and had submitted them to obtain Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, and Diazepam on several occasions since July 2007. On June 18, 2009, Respondent pled guilty to one count of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or deceit, a class 5 felony in violation of C.R.S. ยง18-18-415(1)(a). She received a deferred judgment and sentence and prosecutors dismissed four additional felony charges. Her misconduct constituted grounds for the imposition of discipline pursuant to C.R.C.P. 251.5 and violated Colo. RPC 8.4(b) and C.R.C.P. 251.5(b).

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