Lyons v. Superior Court

In this certiorari proceeding petitioner seeks annulment of an order of respondent superior court adjudging him guilty of a direct contempt of court and sentencing him to serve “five 24-hour days” in the county jail. We have concluded that, contrary to petitioner’s contention, the court correctly held petitioner’s acts to constitute a direct, rather than an indirect, contempt, and that the judgment should be affirmed.

The record shows that petitioner was sole counsel for defendant in a felony prosecution entitled People v. Pardini, Los Angeles County number 160665. Trial of the case before…