Ex Parte Huie
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Justice.
Petitioner seeks revie.' of an order of the circuit court holding petitioner in contempt because petitioner failed and refused to take the stand as a witness in a disbarment proceeding brought against petitioner by the “Grievance Committee of the Alabama State Bar Association.”
The court ordered that petitioner be confined in jail until such time as he is “willing to conform to the order of the Court and take the stand as a witness.” The court suspended the confinement and released petitioner on his own recognizance pending review.
We granted certiorari and the clerk has…
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