Legal Opinion
Fay Heasley v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 16, 1963No. 17076_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIDGE, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, having been sentenced to ighteen months’ imprisonment for criminal contempt, prosecutes this appeal claiming his judgment and sentence are illegal and void because — (1) the temporary injunction which he violated was no longer in full force and effect and therefore he was improperly adjudged to be in contempt of a null and void order of the District Court; (2) his eighteen months’ sentence is excessive and unusual and should be materially reduced; (3) the District Court presiding Judge was prejudiced against him and should have disqualified himself, and (4) the…
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