Maples v. Seeliger

Carley, Judge.

Appellant-attorney appeals from an order holding him in contempt of court.

1. Appellant was representing a client in the trial of a criminal case. The jury returned a guilty verdict and the case proceeded to the sentencing stage. After the judge imposed sentence on appellant’s client, the jury was excused. At that point, the judge stated that there was “another matter to take up.” Apparently, only then did the trial judge indicate, for the first.time, that he had found certain conduct of appellant during the course of the preceding trial to be contumacious. The judge stated: “All…