Meek v. Meek

h GASKINS, J.

The applicant, S. Lynn Walker, counsel for defendant, Terry Michael Meek, seeks review of a trial court judgment finding her to be in direct contempt of court and sentencing her to 24 hours in jail and a fine of $100, both of which were suspended. In addition, the court placed Ms. Walker on unsupervised probation for a period of six months. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the trial court’s judgment.

FACTS

On April 9, 2002, Ms. Walker was representing the defendant in a domestic case. Upon questioning by the opposing attorney, it became apparent that the defendant did…