People v. Toomin

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA

delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Michael P. Toomin, an attorney, appeals from an order adjudging him guilty of direct contempt of court for certain conduct during his representation of two defendants, Robert Montgomery and Brian Pace, in a criminal case in the circuit court of Cook County. (On this same date, we have filed an opinion relating to one of those defendants, People v. Montgomery (1974), 18 Ill.App.3d 828. The precise basis for the contempt order was respondent’s .refusal to disclose to the trial court how he had obtained a copy of an…