Hash v. State

Via emergency order, this panel granted the petition for writ of habeas corpus which challenged the petitioner’s incarceration upon a finding of criminal contempt. We now write to explain our reasoning.

By order of October 3, 2013, the lower tribunal held the petitioner in both direct and indirect criminal contempt of court and sentenced him to 5 months and 29 days in jail. The lower tribunal’s order to show cause why the petitioner should not be held in criminal contempt of court did not include any facts or specific allegations constituting the basis for the purported criminal contempt;…