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· 2/6/2026

COMMANS v. DUNBAR

Syllabus

Can a court hold a person in criminal contempt for providing a vulgar email address with a coded insult to the prosecutor during a virtual arraignment hearing? Can a court hold a person in contempt summarily without providing the person an opportunity to be heard for the person's in-court conduct if that conduct went unnoticed until after the court proceeding?

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