State v. Vanden-Busch

Defendant appeals the trial court’s judgment finding him in contempt for failure to pay child support and imposing 60 months of bench probation. He contends that the trial court erred in finding him in contempt and that the court “plainly erred when it imposed a determinate term of probation on the basis of proceedings that were not conducted as provided in the punitive contempt statute.” We reject defendant’s contention that the trial court erred in holding him in contempt, but agree that the court committed plain error in imposing a determinate term of probation.1 Accordingly, we reverse…