Newton v. GOLDEN GROVE PECAN FARM

Blackwell, Judge.

Following a hearing on August 2, 2010, the court below adjudged Salina Newton, a court-appointed receiver, guilty of criminal contempt, a judgment based on findings that Newton, several months before the August hearing, exercised her authority as receiver in a way that was contrary to the known directions of the court and that she and her lawyer, in the course of the August 2 proceedings, engaged in contemptuous conduct. Newton appeals from this judg ment of contempt. With respect to the finding of contempt based on the way in which Newton performed her duties as receiver…