Being a “Smart Aleck” Does Not Form the Basis for Contempt and the First Amendment May Impose Limits on Criminal Contempt Convictions
The COA issued People v Lubkin, an unpublished decision vacating a trial court’s conviction of Attorney Lubkin for criminal contempt. In accordance with prior plans, on April 12, 2012, Attorney Lubkin and a client had lunch at a restaurant.
Attorney Faces Criminal Contempt
In In re Contempt of Henry, a published opinion of the COA, the Court addressed a criminal contempt matter arising from appellant, attorney Kathy Henry’s, involvement with her brother, defendant Charles Henry’s, post-divorce judgment child support enforcement case.