STATE v. BOYD

No. 15064.

276 S.E.2d 829 (1981)

STATE of West Virginia v. Clarence E. BOYD and Steven M. Askin.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided April 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Askin & Burke and D. Michael Burke, Martinsburg, for appellant.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen. and S. Clark Woodroe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellee.


MILLER, Justice:

In this case we must determine whether there was sufficient evidence to warrant the trial court's imposition of fines, in the amounts of $25, $50, $50 and $25, for four separate acts of alleged contempt committed by attorney Steven M. Askin, the appellant, during the course of a criminal trial.

The event that precipitated the first contempt citation occurred when Mr. Askin, the defendant's attorney, was questioning a defense psychologist,...

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