Corrected entry: Near the end of the film, Lt. Kaffee asks Col. Jessip, "Lt. Kendrick ordered the Code Red, didn't he? Because that's what you told Lt. Kendrick to do." Then Capt. Ross shouts "object", but Kaffee keeps going, stating how Jessip cut the defendants loose after the plan went bad. During this tirade, both Ross and the Judge shout at Kaffee. At one point, the Judge says to Kaffee, "Consider yourself in contempt!" However, at the very end of the movie, Kaffee leaves the courtroom on his own. No procedure is conducted relating to him being charged with contempt of court as the Judge had ordered. Did the Judge forget about it? How about the bailiff, or Ross (as a prosecutor)? Are we supposed to just forget about the fact that Kaffee should technically have been arrested?
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Correction: This is a question, not a mistake. The judge wants to see the tirade play out, so he specifically says "Consider yourself in contempt" instead of "I am holding you in contempt". This gives him the leeway of interpretation and can decide later if he actually wants to charge Kaffee with contempt.
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