State v. Jordan

¶1 On January 29, 2007, without prior notice to the prosecution or the Thurston County Superior Court, defense counsel Michael Nagle did not appear to represent his client, Ryan Michael Jordan, at a scheduled pretrial hearing on three felony cases. The same day, without notice to Nagle, the trial court entered an order to show cause in which it found Nagle in contempt and sentenced him to serve two days in the Thurston *398County jail or pay a $150 fine ($50 for each case). Nagle appeals the contempt finding, arguing that (1) there was no factual basis for such finding and (2) the trial court…