Johnson v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
STATON, Judge.
Dock McDowell, Jr., an attorney at law, was found in direct criminal contempt of court for ignoring an order in limine issued by the Lake Superior Court during a criminal trial. On appeal, he raises over twenty issues. Since we reverse and remand to the trial court, we need only discuss the following issue:
Did the trial judge violate due process by presiding over a separate direct contempt hearing after the trial in which the alleged contemptuous incident occurred?
McDowell, as a pauper attorney for the Lake Superior Court, was assigned to defend Myron Johnson in a criminal…
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