People Ex Rel. Kunce v. Hogan

This court granted leave to appeal from a decision of the appellate court in which one judge dissented. (37 Ill. App. 3d 673.) The appellate court reversed the circuit court of Alexander County, which held Dennis Hogan in contempt of court. The rule to show cause which had been filed contained three counts. The two counts which are the subject of this appeal charged that Hogan acted contemptuously when he, as a defense counsel in a criminal case, filed an action against the presiding judge in the criminal case after a verdict of guilty but prior to sentencing.

Hogan’s client, James Coleson,…