IN RE CONTEMPT OF MURPHY

No. 360560.

7 N.W.3d 72 (2023)

345 Mich. App. 500

IN RE CONTEMPT OF Kathy H. MURPHY. People of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kathy H. Murphy, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided February 9, 2023, 9:10 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Nessel, Attorney General, Fadwa A. Hammoud, Solicitor General, and Kym L. Worthy, Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

John F. Royal for defendant.

Before: M.J. Kelly, P.J., and Boonstra and Swartzle, JJ.


A judge observes contemptuous behavior by an attorney in open court, but off the record. The judge immediately holds a summary proceeding and finds the attorney criminally responsible. The judge fails, however, to describe the attorney's statements on the record, and on appeal, the criminal-contempt conviction must be reversed for this...

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