People v. Kaeding

The defendant, Gary Kaeding, appeals from two orders finding him in direct criminal contempt of court. We affirm in part and vacate and remand in part.

On February 25, 1988, the defendant appeared in the trial court and stated he was Dennis H. Anderson, a party in the case called for hearing. The defendant repeatedly represented himself to be Dennis Anderson, even though the court personally knew he was Gary Kaeding. The court therefore found the defendant in direct criminal contempt for misrepresenting his identity to the court.

Thereafter, the defendant filed a civil suit in Federal court…