Prominent criminal-defense lawyer Michael McCrum won mandamus to stop a contempt hearing against him. But prosecutors are asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to step in.
In an underlying intoxication-manslaughter case, the Bexar County Criminal District Attorney’s Office filed a motion for contempt and alleged that McCrum, who represented the criminal defendant, “deliberately” caused a defense witness to “evade” the state’s attempts to call her to testify. A trial court rejected McCrum’s argument that it lacked jurisdiction for a contempt hearing, but the Fourth Court sided with McCrum.
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