IN RE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST COGDELL

No. COA06-1186.

644 S.E.2d 261 (2007)

Re CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST Harold W. COGDELL, Jr., Attorney for Defendant, David Joseph Buoniconti.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 15, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Derrick C. Mertz, for the State.

Tin Fulton Greene & Owen, PLLC, by Noell P. Tin and Matthew G. Pruden, Charlotte, for defendant.


BRYANT, Judge.

Harold W. Cogdell, Jr. (defendant) appeals from an order entered 24 May 2006 holding him in criminal contempt in violation of N.C. Gen.Stat. § 5A-11(a)(6) for the "willful or grossly negligent failure by an officer of the court to perform his duties in an official transaction." For the reasons stated herein, we reverse.

Defendant Cogdell appeared before the 15 May 2006 Criminal Session of the Superior Court of Cabarrus County as the attorney...

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