People v. Matish

Defendant seeks reversal of a contempt order imposed by a city of Detroit recorder’s court judge. He is an attorney associated, with the Defenders’ Office — Legal Aid and Defender Association of Detroit. In this capacity, he accepted an assignment to defend an accused felon charged with the possession of burglary tools. The contempt cita-, tion is based upon the failure of defendant to appear and defend his client on a specific date pre-determined by the court as the trial date.

Defendant contends that the judge was advised that he would be out of town, that the judge agreed to allow a…