United States Sixth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for contempt of court is vacated, where the District Judge before whom Defendant engaged in the allegedly contemptuous conduct was not permitted to preside over the trial of the charges.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/08/2009
• Published 07/08/2009

Judges

• Before:  DAUGHTREY, ROGERS, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Ralph E. Harwell, Law Offices of Ralph E. Harwell, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant.  Robert M. Reeves, Assistant United States Attorney, Greeneville, Tennessee, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Ralph E. Harwell, Law Offices of Ralph E. Harwell, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant.  Robert M. Reeves, Assistant United States Attorney, Greeneville, Tennessee, for Appellee.  Stephen Ross Johnson, Wade V. Davies, Ritchie, Dillard & Davies, P.C., Knoxville, Tennessee, Caryll S. Alpert, Tennessee Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Nashville, Tennessee, for Amicus Curiae.