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Masturbatory hand gesture from defense counsel a state's plea offer about his thoughts about a plea offer while looking at the judge constitutes contempt

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

A masturbatory hand gesture from defense counsel about his thoughts about a state's plea offer while looking at the judge was deemed contempt by an Austin, Texas judge. Lawyer jailed over lewd gesture at judge, in yesterday's Austin Statesman-American: An Austin defense lawyer was jailed last week after being accused of making a lewd gesture at a judge while in court representing a client on charges of driving while intoxicated. Adam Reposa, 33, was held in contempt of court by County-Court-at-Law Judge Jan Breland for his "intentional and contumacious conduct during the court's review of the plea bargain offer to his client before jury trial." Reposa, who could not be reached for comment, "made a simulated masturbatory gesture with his hand while making eye contact with the court in response to an objection by the state to his interference with the court plea bargain inquiry," Breland wrote in a judgment of criminal contempt of court filed March 11...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on March 22, 2008 (boomark / email).