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POINDEXTER v. COM.

No. 2011-SC-000275-DG.

389 S.W.3d 112 (2012)

Stephen POINDEXTER, Appellant v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

December 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell James Baldani , Baldani, Rowland & Richardson, Lexington, KY, for appellant.

Jack Conway , Attorney General of Kentucky, James Coleman Shackelford , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Criminal Appeals, Frankfort, KY, for appellee.

Opinion of the Court by Justice SCOTT.

The Adair Circuit Court found Appellant, Stephen H. Poindexter, a licensed attorney, in criminal contempt of court for failing to appear at a client's arraignment. The Court of Appeals subsequently affirmed and we accepted discretionary review. Appellant argues to this Court that (1) he was under no duty to appear at the arraignment because he had withdrawn from representing the client, and (2) even if he had a duty to appear...

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