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Contempt reversed (access required)
Bar’s common practice is acknowledged

By Alan Cooper
Published: November 9, 2009

A criminal defense attorney who did not appear for a court date after agreeing to a continuance with a prosecutor could not be found guilty of contempt of court because he did not intend to interfere with the administration of justice, the Supreme Court of Virginia ruled last week. Thomas B. Shuttleworth and Charles B. Lustig, ...
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