MATTER OF WILLIAMS

No. 18820.

817 P.2d 139 (1991)

120 Idaho 473

In the Matter of Joseph L. WILLIAMS, II, Contempt Appeal. STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff, v. Theodore H. DELEZENE, Defendant, Joseph L. WILLIAMS, II, Appellant on Appeal, v. Honorable L. Mark RIDDOCH, Magistrate of the Seventh Judicial District, State of Idaho, Respondent on Appeal.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Idaho Falls, May 1991 Term.

August 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Williams, II, pro se appellant.

Larry J. EchoHawk, Idaho Atty. Gen. and William D. Burkhalter, Deputy Atty. Gen., argued, Boise, for respondent.


McDEVITT, Justice.

The appellant was held in contempt of court for failure to appear for trial on two separate occasions. The magistrate fined the appellant $250.00 and sentenced him to 72 hours in jail. The district court affirmed the magistrate's order.

The appellant, Joseph L. Williams, II ("Williams"), is an attorney who represented Mr. Theodore Delezene in a misdemeanor criminal case. A trial in the Delezene...

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