Legal Opinion
In Re Kraut
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 4, 1990No. 88-1108PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge.
The trial judge summarily convicted attorney Nina Kraut of criminal contempt of court. Super.Ct.Crim.R. 42(a). 1 He cited three reasons: (1) Kraut repeatedly interrupted the judge; (2) in seeking to withdraw from representing one of two co-defendants because of a conflict, Kraut refused the judge’s request to provide “the necessary information” in writing, including her fee arrangement with the client, so the court could “determine possible CJA eligibility” for appointment of counsel; and (3) she referred to this request as “absurd.” Three days after orally holding…
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- United States v. Bernard E. Meyer, and Philip J. HirschkopCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
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