26 Va. App. 758 - Brown v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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1. “[W]here an attorney schedules multiple matters in different jurisdictions at the same time, his assertions of good faith “[do] not negate the reasonable inference that he recklessly or willfully failed [timely] to advise the court of his conflicting schedule.” See Murphy v. Maryland, 46 Md.App. 138 , 416 A.2d 748 , 756 n. 11 (1980). Here, appellant’s actions in scheduling multiple matters for trial in different courts in different jurisdictions at the same time support the trial court’s finding of “[m]isbehavior in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct or interrupt the administration of justice.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 41 Va. App. 137 - Robinson v. Commonwealth

2. ““Contempt is defined as an act in disrespect of the court or its processes, or which obstructs the administration of justice, or tends to bring the court into disrepute.” 4A Michie’s Jurisprudence, Contempt, § 2 (Repl. Vol. 1983). Any act which is calculated to embarrass, hinder, or obstruct the court in the administration of justice is contempt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Foulks