Lawyer Jailed in Contempt After Taking Fifth

"Law Firm Says Judge Jailed Defense Attorney for Telling Client to Take the Fifth at His Arraignment"

by Martha Neil

A Michigan criminal defense lawyer spent about four hours in jail on Friday after being held in contempt for telling a client to assert his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination at his arraignment.

Attorney Scott Millard, 29, who works for Miel & Carr, was supposed to be jailed until Monday. However, he was released Friday after Ottawa County Circuit Judge Edward Post issued an emergency stay of Hudsonville District Court Judge Kenneth Post's contempt order, according to the Grand Rapids Press and the Holland Sentinel.

The articles don't explain whether the two judges are related to each other.

Post apparently had sought information about the 20-year-old client's drug use to determine appropriate bond conditions. However, Millard reportedly told him not to answer, because he might incriminate himself.
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