November 22, 2004
Jailtime For Letting A Phone Ring In Court
A 17-year-old girl was sentenced to 21 days in jail for contempt when her cell phone rang after a judge warned everyone in the courtroom to shut off all electronic devices, according to Newsday via Techdirt.
Related cell phone and camera phones in court stories:
-- Prosecutor Jailed for Leaving Phone Off - A prosecutor was briefly sent to jail along with the man he helped convict of manslaughter after the lawyer refused a judge's order to turn on his cell phone.
-- A year in jail for using a cameraphone in court - A British man sentenced to 12 months in jail for using his cameraphone to take a photograph of a man in the dock, alongside security officers and a prosecution witness giving evidence, has lost his appeal.
- Man fined for taking a picture in South Wales court - A man was arrested and fined £250.- for taking a picture of a defendant in court (at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court, south Wales), using a mobile phone.
-- Camera phones banned in Australia's courtrooms - Victoria's Supreme and county courts are reviewing security measures and considering banning mobile phones to safeguard the identities of key witnesses, within their precincts.
-- Picture phones banned in Oakland County Courthouse - Picture phones are no longer allowed in the Oakland County Courthouse, according to The Oakland Press.
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