Wayne Olmstead
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Wayne Olmstead was an associate district court judge for Harper County, which is located in Oklahoma District 1. He resigned from this position in January 2012, and was replaced by Megan Simpson.[1]
2010 election
Olmstead was re-elected after running unopposed.[2]
- Main article: Oklahoma judicial elections, 2010
Pornography accusation and resignation
Olmstead was accused of keeping pornographic content on his state computer. He was indicted by a state grand jury in May 2011, accused of 19 felony counts of downloading obscene material. Also, 57 pornographic movies were found on his computer. He appeared before the Court on the Judiciary on September 2011.[3]
Separately from that trial, the Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court asked the Court of the Judiciary to remove Olmstead from office.[3]
Olmstead resigned from his position on the court in January 2012, after pleading no contest to one felony count of violating the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act on a state-issued computer.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ Governor Mary Fallin, Press Release: Governor Mary Fallin appoints Megan Simpson as Harper County Associate District Judge, July 9, 2012
- ↑ Oklahoma State Board of Elections, "Candidates for State Elective Office 2010"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 newsok.com/, "Oklahoma court to consider removing judge accused of downloading pornography," July 15, 2011
- ↑ Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General, Press Release: Harper County Judge pleads no contest; resigns from office, January 12, 2012
