BETHARD v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 92-CO-998.

650 A.2d 651 (1994)

Richard Allen BETHARD, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 10, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boniface K. Cobbina, appointed by the court, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Phillip A. Lattimore, III, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Vanessa Ruiz, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KING and SULLIVAN, Associate Judges, and MACK, Senior Judge.


PER CURIAM:

A trial judge summarily found appellant guilty of criminal contempt under Super.Ct.Crim.R. 42(a) (1993), citing appellant's "overall disruptive behavior" in the morning while he was waiting in the courtroom for his traffic case to be called, his "state of stupor" throughout the day, and, his repeated attempts "to verbally interrupt the court" when he was called before it in the afternoon. The court sentenced appellant...

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