UNITED STATES v. THOREEN

No. 80-3137.

653 F.2d 1332 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harold A. THOREEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Canary, Fredric Tausend, Seattle, Wash., for defendant-appellant.

Jose E. Gaitan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WRIGHT and NORRIS, Circuit Judges, and HATFIELD, District Judge.


EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

The issue before us is whether an attorney may be found in criminal contempt for pursuing a course of aggressive advocacy while representing his client in a criminal proceeding such that, without the court's permission or knowledge, he substitutes someone for his client at counsel table with the intent to cause a misidentification, resulting in the misleading of the court, counsel, and witnesses; a...

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