Johnson v. State

INZER, Justice:

Appellant, Robert Johnson, was convicted for direct contempt in the Circuit Court of Grenada County and was sentenced to serve four months in the county jail. *118From this conviction and sentence he appeals to this Court.

The facts which led to his conviction are set out in the order of the circuit court. The essential part is as follows:

That on the morning of January 23, 1967, on the opening day of the regular January, 1967 term of this Court, at approximately ten minutes after nine o’clock the within Robert Johnson (he being at that time a defendant in a criminal case pending in…