Judge holds himself in contempt of court
A Michigan judge found himself in contempt of court after his cellphone began talking during a trial’s closing arguments. The phone began asking for voice-dialing commands, saying, “I can’t understand you.” The red-faced judge said he bumped the phone by accident, but found himself in contempt and imposed a $25 fine on himself. “If I cannot live by the rules that I enforce,’’ he said, “then I have no business enforcing these rules.”
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