Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, June 21, 1990                   TAG: 9006210336
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

LAWYER APPEALING CONTEMPT CHARGE

Judge Ralph Robertson cited Baugh for contempt Tuesday and ordered sheriff's deputies to lock him up. Baugh immediately appealed, and Robertson released the attorney on his own recognizance pending the appeal to Circuit Court.

A confrontation between Baugh and Robertson erupted when Baugh was defending a man who had been charged with shoplifting two bottles of wine valued at $3.69 from a convenience store, courtroom witnesses said.

A store employee had testified that he had seen the defendant put the wine bottles in his pants. Baugh attempted to have the defendant put the wine bottles in his pants in court to see whether they would fit, but Robertson halted the demonstration. Baugh objected and an argument began, witnesses said.

- Associated Press