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IN RE WILLIAMS

No. 1081, Docket 74-1227.

500 F.2d 403 (1974)

In re Evelyn WILLIAMS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LeRoy D. Clark, New York City (Evelyn Williams, pro se, James Larson, Arthur Kinoy, National Lawyers Guild, O. T. Wells, National Bar Ass'n, William M. Kunstler, Center for Constitutional Rights, Haywood Burns, National Conference of Black Lawyers, New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

John D. Gordan, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City (Paul J. Curran, U. S. Atty., New York City, on the brief), for appellee U. S.

Before HAYS and MANSFIELD, Circuit Judges, and BAUMAN, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant, Evelyn Williams, an attorney, was cited for contempt of court by the District Court for the Southern District of New York for her conduct while acting as defense counsel to Joanne Chesimard at the first of two trials of Chesimard and Freddie Hilton for bank robbery. In his certificate of contempt dated December 5, 1973, Judge Gagliardi adjudged Williams guilty of criminal contempt under Rule 42(a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and...

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