State v. Baker

*510De MUNIZ, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of contempt and the imposition of a punitive sanction pursuant to ORS 33.096. We are asked to consider for the first time the parameters of a trial court’s authority under that statute.

The trial court made these findings:

“Defendant, following his appearance on a traffic case [before the judge], returned to court and began berating the office staff in the trial court judge’s office and while in the judge’s presence. The judge was signing a stack of papers related to other cases. Defendant also made a disparaging remark about the judge to staff!;]…