Michaels v. Loftus

Alexander J. Michaels (“Michaels”), an attorney, was found in direct criminal con*329tempt by the trial court, and sentenced to two days incarceration. For the following reasons, I respectfully dissent as I would grant the petition and vacate the judgment and sentence in its entirety.

I. FACTUAL HISTORY

The direct criminal contempt charges stem from alleged conduct that occurred on the final day of a three-day probation violation hearing. Michaels represented the probationer. Because of Michaels’s behavior throughout the hearing, the trial court admonished him on several occasions to proceed in a…