All posts tagged "Contempt Of Court"

A Missouri Circuit Judge said Thursday that the Circuit Attorney for the City of St. Louis had let her office become a "rudderless ship of chaos," complete with untenable caseloads and irreconcilable conflicts of interest.

Judge Michael Noble moved to advance a contempt case against Kim Gardner, saying there was sufficient evidence to show that she failed to report to multiple hearings in an armed robbery and shooting case, and disrespected the court in general.

"She's not here; she's not in the courtroom," the judge said, speaking to a personal attorney to Gardner who showed up at the hearing to show cause why she should not be held in indirect criminal contempt....

The executive director of the Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers program is facing up to two weeks in jail on a contempt of court charge after he stuffed a piece of paper with an anonymous tip into his mouth instead of turning it over to a judge.

LONDON – A British juror was warned by a judge on Tuesday that she faces jail for contacting a defendant on the social networking site Facebook, causing the collapse of a major drugs trial.