criminal contempt

Examples (10)

• Lying under oath can lead to a charge of criminal contempt.
• The witness was sentenced to 30 days in jail for criminal contempt of court.
• The judge found the defendant in criminal contempt for threatening a juror.
• His lawyer warned him that refusing to testify could result in a finding of criminal contempt.
• The activist was charged with criminal contempt after leaking sealed court documents.
• Unlike civil contempt, criminal contempt is meant to punish past defiance of the court's authority.
• He was found guilty of criminal contempt for deliberately disobeying a court order last year.
• The judge made it clear that any attempt to intimidate the prosecution would be treated as criminal contempt.
• By orchestrating a protest inside the courtroom, the defendants were immediately cited for criminal contempt.
• The proceedings were halted when the lawyer was accused of criminal contempt for his disrespectful behavior towards the judge.