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STATE, IN RE CONTEMPT OF FRANKEL

119 N.J. Super. 579 (1972)

293 A.2d 196

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, IN THE MATTER OF THE CONTEMPT OF ESTHER S. FRANKEL, AN ATTORNEY AT LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 27, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Leopold Frankel argued the cause for appellant (Messrs. Frankel & Frankel, attorneys).

Mr. John A. Brogan, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for plaintiff-respondent (Mr. George F. Kugler, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Before Judges SULLIVAN, LEONARD and CARTON.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant Esther S. Frankel, an attorney at law of the State of New Jersey, was found guilty of contempt for wilfully refusing an assignment to represent an indigent defendant in a disorderly persons case in the Paterson Municipal Court.

On a trial de novo on the record in the County Court, the finding of contempt was sustained, and further appeal is made to this court.

The issue is a narrow one. Appellant acknowledges that she was...

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