Ex Parte Avila

OPINION

CAMPBELL, Judge.

This is an application for writ of habeas corpus in which the applicant, an attorney and officer of the Court seeks relief from a judgment holding him in contempt of the 239th Judicial District Court of Brazoria County. Applicant’s punishment was fixed at three days confinement in the county jail and a fine of $200. Relief will be granted.

Applicant was summarily held in contempt of court on August 17, 1982, for failing to appear for trial in a case in which he was retained as counsel. The offended trial judge filed and entered a document entitled “Order for Contempt”…