Legal Opinion
In Re Brown
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 20, 1974No. 7429PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAIR, Associate Judge:
Presented on this appeal is the recurring problem which results when an attorney is held in contempt of court for inadvertent tardiness. At oral argument and after consideration of the record and briefs, it appeared that counsel for the parties — as well as the court below — apparently misapprehended the essential element of an adjudication of criminal contempt. We, therefore, remanded the record to the trial court with direction to file, in the record,'a certificate of contempt in accordance with Super.Ct.Crim.R. 42(a).
James E. Brown (appellant), counsel for a defendant…
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