Legal Opinion
In Re the Civil Contempt Proceedings Concerning Richard
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided August 21, 1985No. 14733Published
1Opinion of the Court
373 N.W.2d 429 (1985)
In re the CIVIL CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS CONCERNING Michelle RICHARD.
No. 14733.
Supreme Court of South Dakota.
Argued November 27, 1984.
Decided August 21, 1985.
Bruce Ellison, Rapid City, for Michelle Richard.
MORGAN, Justice (on reassignment).
Michelle Richard (Richard), who was incarcerated in the Pennington County Jail for civil contempt for refusal to testify before a grand jury, filed a petition in this court requesting issuance of a writ of mandamus or a writ of certiorari against Seventh Circuit Judge Jeff W. Davis (trial court), claiming that he had exceeded his authority…
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