Roselle v. State

I am compelled to specifically dissent to this decision. On September 9, 1972, this Court dismissed the appeal from a direct contempt citation in Robinson v. State, Okl.Cr., 501 P.2d 215, for similar reasons without explaining what is meant by a “formal judgment and sentence” in direct contempt proceedings. So far as I know. *1296there is no printed form in the nature of a formal judgment and sentence for direct contempt proceedings. The text writers refer to “judgments or sentences” and “orders for committment”; and the cases which this Court has considered, in which the judgment and sentence was…