Skolnick v. State

STATON, Judge.

On July 29, 1975, in an eight-page order of the Porter Superior Court, Sherman H. Skolnick was convicted three times of direct criminal contempt. For each conviction Skolnick was sentenced to thirty days’ incarceration in the Porter County Jail and fined $100.00. Skolnick contends that the three direct contempt convictions are invalid because:

I.he was denied due process of law;

II.the trial judge was without jurisdiction to convict Skolnick of direct contempt;

III. the convictions abridged Skolnick’s right to freedom of speech;

IV. the trial judge erred in permitting Ruman and…