Hopping v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Judge.
It is hard to imagine that in 1994 one would mount a scurrilous ancestral attack on a judge, verbally abuse court personnel, and then claim his actions do not constitute contempt of court.
Appellant-defendant Frank Hopping challenges his conviction for two counts of direct criminal contempt. Hopping contends that his actions did not constitute direct contempt because they did not disrupt a judicial proceeding.2 We affirm.
*877FACTS3
At approximately 11:00 a.m. on July 8, 19983, Hopping entered the Dearborn County Court office seeking to file seven small elaims complaints. Hopping, a…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Skolnick v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979
- Moore v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981
- Everroad v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1991
- Andrews v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1987
- National By-Products, Inc. v. LaddIndiana Court of Appeals · 1990
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Hopping v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1994
- In Re Direct Criminal Contempt ProceedingsIndiana Court of Appeals · 2007
- Hunt v. Martin County Circuit CourtIndiana Court of Appeals · 2007
- Hopping v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1994
- Hopping v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1994
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