People v. T. V. P.

Respondent T. V. P., a 16-year-old minor, appeals from judgment of the circuit court of Champaign County entered on December 10, 1979, finding her in indirect criminal contempt of court, and January 11, 1980, sentencing her to 12 months’ probation. The probation order was subject to respondent serving 60 days’ imprisonment in the county youth detention center and attending school. We deem the procedure by which she was held to have been in contempt of court to have been improper and accordingly reverse her conviction and sentence.

Prior to the contempt proceeding, on May 17, 1979, respondent…