Mosley v. Horton

PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

ROBERTSON, Judge.

This is a petition for writ of habeas corpus to review the imposition of sanctions by the trial court in a finding of contempt.

The trial court adjudged the petitioner to be in “civil contempt” for denial of visitation privileges.

The trial court’s order provided:

“2. That for said civil contempt, the Sheriff of Coffee County, Alabama, shall arrest, instanter, one Lee Horton and hold him in the jail for 30 days and from day to day thereafter until further orders of the court.

“3. That as further remedy of civil contempt, a fine, judgment or…