MATTER OF HUNT

No. 79-882.

434 A.2d 440 (1981)

In the Matter of Gaillard T. HUNT, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gaillard T. Hunt, pro se.

Thomas C. Hill, U. S. Atty., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KERN, MACK and PRYOR, Associate Judges.


KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant was summarily found guilty of contempt pursuant to Super.Ct.Cr.R. 42(a) as a result of his late appearance at a scheduled trial.1 Following the trial court's denial of appellant's motion for a new trial, he asked this court to reverse the conviction on grounds that the trial court proceeded under the incorrect rule, that the order of contempt did not sufficiently set forth the basis of the conviction and...

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