WIEGMANN v. STATE

No. 1432, Sept. Term, 1996.

702 A.2d 928 (1997)

118 Md. App. 317

Kevin Joseph WIEGMANN v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

December 1, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claudia A. Cortese, Asst. Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Kathryn Grill Graeff, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baltimore (Marna McLendon, State's Atty. for Howard County, Ellicott City, on the brief), for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., HOLLANDER, J., and JOHN J. BISHOP, Judge (retired), Specially Assigned.


HOLLANDER, Judge.

This criminal case arises from a courtroom brawl that erupted during domestic proceedings before a circuit court master. We must determine whether the authority of a domestic master to conduct and regulate court proceedings includes the power to authorize the arrest of a litigant, pending judicial review of the master's recommendation of a finding of contempt and immediate incarceration.

Kevin Joseph...

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