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IN THE MATTER OF BUTLER

609 A.2d 1080 (1992)

In the Matter of the Petition of Charles E. BUTLER, Deputy Attorney General, For a Writ of Certiorari.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: June 23, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Fairbanks, Jr. (argued), Chief of Appeals Div., Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, for petitioner.

John A. Parkins (argued), David L. Finger and John T. Dorsey of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, amicus curiae.

Before HORSEY, MOORE, WALSH, HOLLAND, JJ., and JACOBS, Vice Chancellor, constituting the Court

HORSEY, Justice:

Petitioner, Deputy Attorney General Charles E. Butler, while representing the State in a criminal trial in Superior Court, was summarily adjudged in criminal contempt of court "for insolence and failure to show proper respect to the Court," in violation of 11 Del.C. § 1271(1), a Class B misdemeanor. Butler was immediately sentenced to pay a fine of $100. Butler petitioned this Court to issue a writ of certiorari to review Superior Court...

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