Holly v. State

OPINION

RUCKER, Judge.

After the trial judge sentenced defendant-appellant William Holly to serve seventyeight years for attempted murder, rape, and robbery, Holly referred to the judge by using profanity. The trial judge found Holly in direct contempt of court and sentenced him to an additional one year term of imprisonment. Holly now appeals contending the one year sentence is constitutionally infirm and that the conviction should be reversed and this cause remanded for trial by jury.

The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, applied to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment,…