Legal Opinion
Michael Leroy Tunis v. State of Indiana
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided July 16, 2019No. Court of Appeals Case 19A-CR-220PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Bailey, Judge.
Case Summary
[1] Michael Leroy Tunis ("Tunis") was found in direct contempt of court after refusing to testify as a witness in the trial of Samuel Jude Clark ("Clark"), despite *261 the trial court's grant of immunity. The trial court sentenced him to 180 days executed in the Tippecanoe County Jail. Tunis appeals the court's finding of contempt and sentence. We affirm.
Issues
[2] Tunis presents two issues for our review, which we restate as:
I. Whether the trial court abused its discretion in finding Tunis was in direct contempt of court for refusing to testify after the court granted…
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