Legal Opinion
Matter of Gorfkle
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 6, 1982No. 79-611PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Associate Judge,
Retired:
Appellant, counsel of record in the case of United States v. Robert O. Chambers, Cr. No. F3968-78, was held in summary contempt by the presiding judge in that case for her “persistent refusal to comply with the court’s reiterated directive that counsel not lead her witness.” From that conviction and a fine of $150, appellant brought this appeal. Because we are of the opinion that the conviction is not supported by sufficient evidence, we reverse.
The pertinent communications between Judith Gorfkle and the bench in the two-day jury trial appear to have begun…
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