Legal Opinion
Matter of Klecan
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided November 28, 1979No. 12452PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FEDERICI, Justice.
This case arises out of an order by Bernalillo County District Judge Gerald R. Cole, finding appellant, Attorney Eugene E. Klecan, in contempt of court. The parties agree that the alleged contempt was criminal rather than civil in nature. The issue in this case is whether the actions of appellant were in disobedience of a court order and as such constituted criminal contempt.
Appellant was summarily held in contempt and fined during his cross-examination of a witness in a personal injury suit. The pertinent portion of the colloquy went as follows:
MR. E. KLECAN: We…
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