State Ex Rel. Dooley v. Connall

This is an appeal from a finding and judgment of contempt of court arising out of the refusal of a deputy district attorney to obey a pre-trial order of the court in a criminal case. The order required the deputy to present the district attorney’s entire files to the court for in camera inspection by the court to determine if the files included matter exculpatory to the defendant.

One Ray Lampkin, Jr., was charged in five separate indictments in Multnomah County with at tempting to procure a female to engage in prostitution, receiving the earnings of a common prostitute, and procuring a female…