De Patten v. Harrison

185 N.W.2d 720 (1971)

Clive De PATTEN, Plaintiff,

v.

Honorable Ray HARRISON, Judge, Municipal Court of the City of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, Defendant.

No. 54552.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 9, 1971.

Kingsley Clarke, Jr., and Harlan L. Lemon, Des Moines, for plaintiff.

John H. King, Asst. County Atty., for defendant.

STUART, Justice.

We granted a writ of certiorari to review the proceedings before respondent judge including his order adjudging petitioner guilty of contempt and sentencing him to six months in the Polk County jail. This is one of the citations for contempt that arose out of a…