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MURPHY v. STATE

No. 1445, September Term, 1979.

46 Md. App. 138 (1980)

416 A.2d 748

WILLIAM H. MURPHY, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard V. Falcon, with whom were Melnicove, Kaufman & Weiner, P.A. on the brief, for appellant.

Bonnie A. Travieso, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, and John L. Norton, III, State's Attorney for Dorchester County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MOORE AND COUCH, JJ., and JACOB S. LEVIN, Associate Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, specially assigned.

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

Defendant-appellant, William H. Murphy, Jr., a member of the Bar with offices in Baltimore City, was charged with direct contempt of court in the Circuit Court for Dorchester County for failure to appear in that court as defense counsel in two criminal trials scheduled for September 6, 1979. On September 14, 1979, the court (Edmondson, J.) issued an Order to Show Cause why defendant should not be held in contempt of court...

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