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IN RE CONTEMPT OF SCHARG

Docket No. 144072.

207 Mich. App. 438 (1994)

525 N.W.2d 479

In re CONTEMPT OF SCHARG (PEOPLE v. GODFREY)

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided November 7, 1994, at 9:50 A.M.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Waske, for Henry M. Scharg.

Office of Judicial Assistance, Recorder's Court for the City of Detroit (by Linda D. Ashford, Chief Deputy Judicial Assistant), for the Recorder's Court Judge.

Before: WHITE, P.J., and NEFF and M.L. STACEY, JJ.

WHITE, P.J.

At the conclusion of a criminal trial in which he represented the defendant, attorney Henry M. Scharg was found in contempt pursuant to MCL 600.1711; MSA 27A.1711. Scharg was sentenced to fifteen days in jail and fined $250 pursuant to MCL 600.1715; MSA 27A.1715. He appeals as of right. We vacate the order of adjudication and sentence for contempt and remand for further proceedings.

In finding Scharg guilty of contempt, the court cited five incidents...

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