Cohen v. State

The question to be decided on this appeal is whether or not Rhea L. Cohen, the appellant, was güilty of direct criminal contempt of court by reason of filing a written and oral motion that the judge disqualify himself on the grounds of bias and prejudice. We hold that she was not.

The contempt citation arose during the trial of a complaint in equity by the appellant and five others, on behalf of the property owners and taxpayers of Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, against the Maryland-National Park and Planning Commission, the Prince George’s County Planning Board, and others in the…