Culpepper v. State

516 So.2d 485 (1987)

Charles L. CULPEPPER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56903.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 2, 1987.

John W. Crowell, Gholson, Hicks & Nichols, Columbus, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

Implicated in today's appeal is a fundamental question of the nature of constructive criminal contempt of court. Complicating matters were appointment of a special judge and a de facto change of venue.

Criminal contempt is an…