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GA: Making faces not contempt, at least in this case

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Monroe Freedman in BNA, posted on Legal Ethics Forum that a juvenile defender in a child welfare proceeding who allegedly made faces as she was writing down the judge's comments could not be found in contempt because there was no likelihood the actions, if true, interfered with the administration of justice. She was also not warned. In re Hughes, Ga. App. No. A09A0218 (July 14, 2009), first posted here: The court went on to state that Hughes “was not just bowing her head but she was giving sarcastic, unprofessional looks, body action that showed her disgust for the Court's ruling and disrespect for the Court in its entirety.” Later, the court put in writing that Hughes “made inappropriate facial and body responses to the Court's ruling, that she expressed unprofessional conduct towards the Court, and that she tried to persuade the Court by giving inappropriate explanations of her conduct...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on August 11, 2009 (boomark / email).