Stoddard v. Donahoe

OPINION

PORTLEY, Judge.

¶ 1 We are asked to decide whether Respondent Superior Court Judge Gary E. Do-nahoe erred when he found Maricopa County Detention Officer Adam Stoddard (“Stod-dard”) in indirect civil contempt and ordered him to publicly apologize to defense counsel, Ms. Joanne Cuccia (“Cuecia”), at a news conference or be jailed until he apologized. Based on the following, we accept special action jurisdiction, affirm the finding of indirect civil contempt, but grant relief in part by vacating the sanction and remanding the matter to the superior court for further proceedings.

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