Legal Opinion
Contempt Findings against Eller v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided May 6, 1993No. 20A04-9211-CR-421PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CHEZEM, Judge.
Case Summary
Defendant-Appellant, James Eller (El-ler), appeals from his four (4) convictions for Contempt of Court. We affirm.
Issue
Eller presents one issue for our review,1 which we restate as follows: whether the trial court properly found Eller guilty of four contempts for four (4) successive refusals to be sworn and testify in a criminal cause.
*67Facts and Procedural History
The facts most favorable to the judgment indicate that Eller was called by the State to testify in the criminal trial of Danny Tucker. Eller and Tucker had each been charged with possession and delivery of…
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- United States v. Elijah Dewayne SmithCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. CoachmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by1 opinion
- State v. FriedelIndiana Court of Appeals · 1999