Donovan v. State

Sam Bird, Judge.

This appeal involves two orders of contempt against attorney Ann Donovan for failing to appear on behalf of her client in the Madison County Circuit Court. In the first order, entered on November 18, 2004, the circuit court sentenced Donovan to one day in jail and a $50.00 fine, both suspended “conditioned on her not having any similar occurrences.” In an order entered on March 11, 2005, the court found Donovan guilty of contempt based upon a second failure to appear. She was sentenced to another day in jail and another $50.00 fine, and her 2004 suspended sentence was revoked.…