Graham v. State

Bryce Graham appeals from the June 10, 1982, order of the circuit court finding him in contempt of court. Ala. Code §12-1-8 (1) (1975). Graham was fined $100 and barred from practicing law before the issuing judge, Judge N. Pride Tompkins, for 180 days. He appealed to the Supreme Court, which, on November 23, 1982, transferred the cause to this court.

This appeal arose from appellant's representation of Paul Warren, who had been indicted by the March, 1982, term of the Colbert County Grand Jury for second degree theft. The following is a chronology of events related to Warren's case which shed…