Garland v. State

Carley, Judge.

Appellant-attorney appeals from an order adjudicating him to be in criminal contempt of court.

The relevant facts are as follows: Appellant represented a client who was one of several individuals under indictment for a drug of*520fense. At the arraignment on August 5, 1983, the trial court ordered that, for security purposes, appellant’s client be transferred to a jail in another county. Thereafter, appellant received a call from his client who stated that “he wanted to stay” where he was. As of August 9, 1983, appellant’s client had not yet been transferred, and on that date,…