Can an attorney be found in contempt for failing to attend a sentencing?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Chula v. Superior Court In and For Orange County, 18 Cal.Rptr. 507, 368 P.2d 107, 57 Cal.2d 199, 97 A.L.R.2d 421 (Cal. 1962):

No. The failure of an attorney, without valid excuse, to be present in court at the announced time for the sentencing of a client whom he is representing constitutes a contempt committed in the immediate view and presence of the court and hence a direct contempt which the court is empowered to punish summarily under section 1211 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Cf. Lyons v. Superior Court, 43 Cal.2d 755, 759(5), 278 P.2d 681.)

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