State v. Heltzel

OPINION ON MOTION TO DISMISS

HOFFMAN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a dismissal of a complaint for indirect contempt.

The appellees have filed a motion to dismiss the appeal asserting two grounds:(1) that the appellant failed to file a pre-appeal statement under Appellate Rule 2(C); and(2) that the motion to correct errors is defective in that it is not specific as required by Trial Rule 59(D)(2).

Proceedings for contempt of court are sui generis and both the Indiana Supreme Court and this Court have held that contempt proceedings are neither civil actions nor are they prosecutions for offenses…