Legal Opinion

In Re Healy

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided December 3, 1999No. A99A1016Published

1Opinion of the Court

526 S.E.2d 616 (1999)

241 Ga. App. 266

In re HEALY.

No. A99A1016.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

December 3, 1999.

Sean A. Black, Toccoa, for appellant.

Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, for appellee.

POPE, Presiding Judge.

Attorney Timothy P. Healy was convicted of direct criminal contempt and appeals. In his sole enumeration Healy claims that the court erred in finding that Healy had committed a contemptible act. We conclude that Healy's behavior did not constitute criminal contempt and reverse.

This case arose during Healy's representation of Clint Shurtleff on a murder case in which the child…

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Dowdy v. PalmourSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  3. In Re IrvinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
  4. Hardwick v. Georgia Power Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1959
  5. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964

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