Court Opinion

ID: 9874946
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-26 22:20:36.258449+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:46:54.814937
License: Public Domain

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
I concur. This unnecessary exercise began as Judge McBryde had stated an as*306pect of the sentencing law. Counsel for defendant interrupted so he may have preferred to have the court speak in terms of what was an appropriate sentence at the top of the guidelines for his client. The judge tried several times to get counsel to explain what he meant by his objection, asking “please” and finally suggesting contempt. But counsel let it go on to his satisfaction. Whether this was the violation of a rule or contemptuous behavior, this was unacceptable professional conduct.