Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in California

contempt

what are the laws in which a judge can hold a person in contempt? can he hold you in contempt without warning?


Asked on 9/28/06, 8:14 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert F. Cohen Law Office of Robert F. Cohen

Re: contempt

You might post this for a criminal attorney. There is something called "due process," where the judge should set a hearing so that one could appear (with an attorney), and argue why contempt sanctions should not be imposed.

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Answered on 10/03/06, 8:44 pm


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