Garmon v. State

Leon Garmon, a lawyer, represented Terry Alford in a felony criminal case. Terry Alford’s case went to trial on June 11,1990. In a pre-trial motion to recuse, Garmon suggested that the trial court was biased against Terry Alford and that the trial court had conspired to violate Terry Alford’s civil rights. The trial court denied the motion to recuse. On June 13, 1990, when the jury retired to deliberate on its verdict in that case, the trial court held Garmon in direct contempt of court for his remarks made during the pre-trial motion to recuse and sentenced him to serve six hours in jail.…