State v. BOUCK

KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] John Bouck appealed from a district court order finding Bouck guilty of two acts of contempt and imposing a punitive sanction of 30 days’ imprisonment at the state penitentiary for each of the two contempts. We affirm the findings of contempt and the imposition of consecutive punitive sanctions. However, we hold the district court did not have authority to sentence Bouck to the state penitentiary for contempt, and we remand for imposition of the appropriate punitive sanction.

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[¶ 2] John Bouck was charged with two counts of simple assault on a correctional officer and…