In Re Scott

Virginia Ann Scott, petitioner, seeks a writ of habeas corpus and the ancillary writ of certiorari to review what she claims was an illegal conviction of contempt of court by the Honorable Frank G. Schemanske, a judge of the recorder’s court of the city of Detroit, also referred to as respondent.

Petitioner and Haroldine Cucchi, both 18 years of age, were informed against for larceny of a wallet in the city of Detroit. Petitioner pleaded guilty to a lesser charge but later was called as a prosecution witness at the trial of her alleged accomplice. The record reveals that during the trial…