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ROLL v. STATE

Nos. 578 and 579, September Term, 1971.

15 Md. App. 31 (1972)

288 A.2d 605

DANIEL T. ROLL AND WILLIAM EDWARD SCHOLL v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 27, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond W. Russell for appellant in both cases.

Clarence W. Sharp, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Andrew L. Sonner, State's Attorney for Montgomery County, and Jeffrey Russell Werner, Assistant State's Attorney for Montgomery County, on the briefs in both cases, for appellee.

The cause was argued before ANDERSON, ORTH and GILBERT, JJ.

ORTH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

It is not surprising that the power to cite and punish for contempt of court is at times misunderstood by judges asserting it, by appellate courts reviewing it, and by legislatures enacting laws involving it. The law concerning contempt cries for specificity in definition and uniformity in application. It is ofttimes perplexing and sometimes uncertain.1 That its confusions may not be as serious...

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