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IN RE MORRISSEY

No. 98-4168.

168 F.3d 134 (1999)

In re: Joseph D. MORRISSEY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 11, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David Bernard Hargett, Morrissey, Hershner & Jacobs, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Andrew Gerald McBride, Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: J. Paul Gregorio, Morrissey, Hershner & Jacobs, Richmond, Virginia; Everette Garrett Allen, Jr., Hirschler, Fleischer, Weinberg, Cox & Allen, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Helen F. Fahey, United States Attorney, David J. Novak, Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Before ERVIN and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and MOON, United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge ERVIN wrote the opinion, in which Judge HAMILTON and Judge MOON joined.

OPINION

ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

Prior to a criminal trial in which he was a participating lawyer, Virginia attorney Joseph D. Morrissey ("Morrissey") made extrajudicial statements to the media regarding the case. Based on these actions, Morrissey was convicted of two counts of criminal contempt for violating Local Criminal Rule 57 ("Local Rule...

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