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KING v. STATE

No. 134, September Term, 2006.

929 A.2d 169 (2007)

400 Md. 419

Marnitta KING v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 31, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antoini M. Jones, Riverdale, for appellant.

Brian S. Kleinbord, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE and ALAN M. WILNER, (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

GREENE, J.

We are asked to consider whether a trial judge who elects not to summarily punish an attorney for direct contempt, pursuant to Maryland Rule 15-203, and instead issues a Show Cause Order and assigns a special prosecutor to prosecute the attorney for contempt, pursuant to Maryland Rule 15-204, may vacate the order initiating contempt proceedings and convert to contempt proceedings that are summary in nature. We conclude that the trial judge erred and should...

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