Palmer v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

This proceeding arises out of an order issued by this Court on January 30,1981, to the Honorable William D. Bontrager, Judge of the Elkhart Superior Court Number Two, and the Honorable Richard H. Sproull, Special Judge of that court, directing them to appear before this Court and show cause why they should not be held in indirect criminal contempt for failure to carry out an order of this Court. The order in question directed the trial court to sentence Harry Fred Palmer III as required by statute. We issued the show cause order concurrent with findings which were published…