Nine months after Statesboro litigator Francys Johnson spent hours held by police, the Georgia Court of Appeals has reversed the contempt order issued against him by an Ogeechee Judicial Circuit judge.

The intermediate appellate court ruled that, when Bulloch County Superior Court Judge Michael T. Muldrew detained the Davis Bozeman Johnson Law founding partner last September without first conducting a contempt hearing, he violated Johnson’s right to due process.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]