Byrd v. State

WELCH, Judge.

James M. Byrd appeals from the trial court’s issuance of a contempt citation against him. The trial judge, Stuart C. Dubose, 1 fined Byrd $200 2 for his failure to appear at a criminal settlement docket over which Judge Dubose had presided.

The record shows that Byrd had requested a continuance from October 1, 2007, to October 2, 2007, but he failed to appear in court on October 2. The trial court found him in contempt, stating that Byrd had “utter disregard and disrespect for this Court. This is the Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit of the State of Alabama and is not a…