State v. Arnold

765 Argued and submitted January 30, 2019, reversed and remanded March 11, 2020 STATE OF OREGON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. DAVID RAY ARNOLD, Defendant-Appellant. Umatilla County Circuit Court 17CN05112; A166303

462 P3d 753

Defendant appeals a judgment of summary contempt. The trial court found defendant, who appeared in court via live video stream, in contempt after the prosecutor informed the court that defendant had “flipped off” the camera. The court acknowledged that it had not seen defendant’s conduct but reasoned that summary contempt could be imposed as long as the court could…