237 Ga. App. 152 - Barlow v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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1. “On appeal of a criminal contempt conviction the appropriate standard of appellate review is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. Criminal contempt is that which involves some disrespectful or contumacious conduct toward the court. Contempt of court has been variously defined; in its broad sense it means disregard for or disobedience of the order or command of the court. (Cita tions and punctuation omitted; emphasis in original.) In re Gouge, 206 Ga. App. 462, 463 (1) ( 425 SE2d 882 ) (1992).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Mauldin

2. “During trial, a trial judge has the power, when necessary to maintain order in the courtroom, to declare conduct committed in his presence and observed by him to be contemptuous, and, after affording the contemnor an opportunity to speak in his or her own behalf, to announce punishment summarily and without further notice or hearing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 259 Ga. App. 5 - In Re Willis