In Re Shafer

I agree with the majority’s conclusion that this case involved summary adjudication and punishment for direct criminal contempt. As the majority states: “During trial, a trial judge has the power, *728when necessary to maintain order in the courtroom, to declare conduct committed in his presence and observed by him to be contemptuous, and, after affording the contemnor an opportunity to speak in his or her own behalf, to announce punishment summarily and without further notice or hearing.” Dowdy v. Palmour, 251 Ga. 135, 141-142 (304 SE2d 52) (1983).

I further agree that, because the trial court’s…