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PEOPLE v. MUHAMMAD

No. B160121.

133 Cal.Rptr.2d 308 (2003)

108 Cal.App.4th 313

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Sarina Lenee MUHAMMAD, Defendant; Ana Maria Lopez, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

April 29, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve Cooley, District Attorney, George M. Palmer, Patrick Moran and Brentford J. Ferreira, Deputy District Attorneys for Plaintiff and Appellants.

Michael P. Judge, Public Defender and Albert J. Menaster, Deputy Public Defender as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant The People.

Benton, Orr, Duval & Buckingham, Brenda L. McCormick and Kevin M. McCormick, Ventura, as Amicus Curiae for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County.

EPSTEIN, J.

It is a general rule that, outside of a contempt proceeding, trial courts lack inherent power to impose a monetary sanction against an attorney for misconduct in court. The authority to impose such a sanction must be found in a statute. This has been the declared law in California for at least the past 25 years. (See Bauguess v. Paine (1978) 22 Cal.3d 626, 150 Cal.Rptr. 461...

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