Catherine Marie Paxson

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Charge:	Contempt of Court
Sentence:	$250 fine
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Year Crime:	2014
Year Convicted:	2014
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Virginia
County or Region of Crime:	Norfolk
City of Crime:	Norfolk
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Norfolk, Virginia Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Catherine Marie Paxson was held in criminal contempt of court on January 7, 2014 by District Court Judge S. Clark Daugherty when she was more than an hour late for a hearing. When Paxson appeared she explained that she had been attending to a "brief matter in circuit court." Judge Daugherty considered Paxon's extended lateness inexcusable in finding her in contempt of court and fining her $250. Paxson appealed her conviction. Portsmouth Commonwealth's Attorney Earle C. Mobley was called in as a special prosecutor and he filed a motion to dismiss the conviction with prejudice. On February 7, 2014 Circuit Court Judge Charles E. Poston granted the motion overturning Paxon's contempt conviction 15 seconds after the hearing of Mobley's motion began, without making any comment and without hearing any arguments. Paxson graduated in 2010 from Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, Virginia."
Conviction Caused By:	Contempt for the court by showing up for a hearing more than an hour late.
Innocence Proved By:	"On February 7, 2014 Circuit Court Judge Charles E. Poston overturned Paxon's contempt conviction 15 seconds after a hearing began without comment and without hearing any arguments."
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Information Source 1:	"Judge overturns prosecutor's contempt conviction, By Patrick Wilson (Staff writer), The Virginian-Pilot, February 7, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://hamptonroads.com/2014/02/judge-overturns-prosecutors-contempt-conviction
Information Source 2:	"Prosecutor cleared in contempt case, By Peter Vieth (Staff writer), Virginia Lawyers Weekly, February 8, 2014"
Information Location 2:	http://valawyersweekly.com/2014/02/08/prosecutor-cleared-in-contempt-case/
Information Source 3:	"Norfolk asst. prosecutor held in contempt, AP Story, WVEC.com (Norfolk, VA), February 5, 2014"
Information Location 3:	http://www.wvec.com/my-city/norfolk/243639151.html
Information Source 4:	"Brief Remark, Regent University School of Law, Fall-Winter 2011, p.18"
Information Location 4:	http://issuu.com/regentlaw/docs/briefremarkwinter2011
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Catherine Marie Paxson

Charge:

Contempt of Court

Sentence:

$250 fine

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2014

Year Convicted:

2014

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Virginia

County or Region of Crime:

Norfolk

City of Crime:

Norfolk

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Contempt for the court by showing up for a hearing more than an hour late.

Innocence Proved By:

"On February 7, 2014 Circuit Court Judge Charles E. Poston overturned Paxon's contempt conviction 15 seconds after a hearing began without comment and without hearing any arguments."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Judge overturns prosecutor's contempt conviction, By Patrick Wilson (Staff writer), The Virginian-Pilot, February 7, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://hamptonroads.com/2014/02/judge-overturns-prosecutors-contempt-conviction

Information Source 2:

"Prosecutor cleared in contempt case, By Peter Vieth (Staff writer), Virginia Lawyers Weekly, February 8, 2014"

Information Location 2:

http://valawyersweekly.com/2014/02/08/prosecutor-cleared-in-contempt-case/

Information Source 3:

"Norfolk asst. prosecutor held in contempt, AP Story, WVEC.com (Norfolk, VA), February 5, 2014"

Information Location 3:

http://www.wvec.com/my-city/norfolk/243639151.html

Information Source 4:

"Brief Remark, Regent University School of Law, Fall-Winter 2011, p.18"

Information Location 4:

http://issuu.com/regentlaw/docs/briefremarkwinter2011

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