Legal Opinion
Curtis v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided December 14, 1993No. 80A02-9304-CV-191PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHIELDS, Judge.
This case presents the issue of whether an attorney's failure to appear for a scheduled trial date is direct or indirect contempt.
FACTS
Vance Curtis is the prosecutor in Tipton County, Indiana. On January 12, 1998, Curtis failed to appear for a trial which had been scheduled during a pre-trial conference in September, 1992. Defense counsel also failed to appear.
Neither attorney could be reached at his office. Thirty minutes after the trial was scheduled to begin, the trial court adjudged both attorneys in contempt, fined them each $500.00, and ordered them each to pay $25.00 to…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- In Re YengoSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
- LaGRANGE ETC. v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1958
- In Re the Marriage of NeiswingerIndiana Supreme Court · 1985
3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1997
- Williams v. State Ex Rel. HarrisIndiana Court of Appeals · 1997
- Packer v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2002
- In Re the Contempt Hearing of NasserIndiana Court of Appeals · 1994
- Smith v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2008
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