State v. Turner

OPINION

WHITE, Judge.

Appellant, Melvin G. Turner, appeals as of right from three judgments of contempt summarily ordered by the Criminal Court for Shelby County. Appellant was sentenced to ten days in the county jail and a fifty dollar fine for each contempt. 1 The sentences are to be served consecutively. 2

On appeal, appellant questions whether his conduct constituted criminal contempt, whether the trial court’s summary contempt orders denied his right to due process, and whether the multiple contempt orders violated the double jeopardy provisions of the United States and Tennessee…