Singleton v. Com.

How courts have described this case

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• stating that, in criminal contempt proceedings, “it is essential to consider whether the accused intended to undermine [the court’s] authority”
• “For more than a century, Virginia courts have required the element of intent in order to sustain a criminal contempt conviction.” (citing Carter v. Commonwealth, 96 Va. 791, 802-03 (1899)); Wise v. Commonwealth, 97 Va. 779, 781-82 (1899); Wells v. Commonwealth, 62 Va. (21 Gratt.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).