Legal Opinion
In Re Cowan
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 31, 1991No. B055594PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WOODS (A. M.), P. J.
Petitioner Oscar Lee Cowan seeks extraordinary relief from orders of a judge of respondent Municipal Court of the County of Los Angeles finding him in contempt of court and sentencing him to 72 hours in the county jail. After review, we conclude that the court did not comply with the statutorily prescribed procedure mandated by Code of Civil *1283Procedure section 1211. The order of contempt was, therefore, an act in excess of jurisdiction and void.
The incident which gave rise to the contempt order occurred on the second day of petitioner’s jury trial on charges that he…
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