Austin attorney Adam Reposa gets six months in jail for contempt
Stating that Adam Reposa’s unruly behavior continued after he served jail time for contempt in 2010, Travis County Judge Paul Davis on Wednesday delivered the maximum sentence of six months in jail for the Austin attorney’s latest courtroom outburst.
Davis found Reposa guilty of five acts of contempt stemming from a disagreement he had with a judge in a March drunken driving trial. The announcement came about a week after Davis found Reposa guilty in a two-day trial.
In assessing punishment, the judge said he considered Reposa’s actions after the March trial, including two profanity-laced videos Reposa posted on social media mocking local judges and Reposa’s belligerent behavior toward members of the district attorney’s office as they prosecuted the case.
Davis mentioned he tried to send a message for Reposa to clean up his behavior the last time, when he sentenced him to 90 days in jail for making a lewd gesture in a courtroom. “However, respondent’s contumacious conduct continues to this day,” the judge wrote.
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