Legal Opinion
United States v. Jonathan Scott Baldwin, in Re Steven Jackson, Esquire
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 17, 1985No. 84-5296PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, Steven F. Jackson, an attorney, appeals a judgment of criminal contempt, 18 U.S.C. § 401(3), 1 imposed upon him pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 42(a), for stating that he would not follow a court order, and then failing to appear to represent his client as ordered by the court. 592 F.Supp. 149 (S.D.Fla.1984). Finding that the court below properly found appellant in criminal contempt, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Appellant was the lawyer for Howard Jones, one of nine codefendants in a federal criminal case. On February 27, 1984, the district court…
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