State v. Crenshaw

The issues in this case in which a deputy district attorney was found in direct contempt 1 of court are whether an underlying court order may be challenged on an appeal from a judgment of contempt for refusal to obey the order, and, if such a challenge is possible, whether in this case the contemnor has shown such deficiencies in the underlying order that he should not be found in contempt. The Court of Appeals held that a contemnor may attack the underlying order in an appeal of a contempt proceeding, found that the trial court’s order was not justified, and reversed the judgment of…