Weidner v. State

OPINION

GREENE, Judge.

Attorney Phillip Paul Weidner was ordered to pay $4,650.00 1 as sanctions for alleged violations of court orders during his trial defense of the defendant in State v. Stump/. 2

During the three-month trial in State v. Stump/, there were numerous incidents which led the trial judge, J. Justin Ripley, to admonish or sanction Weidner for violating court orders. There were at least eight such incidents prior to the time that the court began imposing monetary sanctions. The sanctions generally increased in amount as the trial continued. .The first imposition of a sanction was…