Yawning contempt.

PositionNo Comment - Clifton Williams was charged with contempt for yawning in court - Brief article

Clifton Williams went to the county courthouse in Joliet, Illinois, where his cousin was pleading guilty to a felony drug charge, the Chicago Tribune reported in August. "As Circuit Judge Daniel Rozak handed down the cousin's sentence--two years' probation--Williams, thirty-three, stretched and let out a very ill-timed yawn. Williams's sentence? Six...

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