Brandon Mockbee v. State of Indiana

Statement of the Case

Pyle, Judge,

Brandon Mockbee (“Mockbee”) appeals the trial court’s finding that he was twice in direct criminal contempt of the court and the trial court’s sentence that Mockbee serve one year in jail. Mockbee argues that his behavior did not rise to the level of a contemptuous act required for two findings of direct contempt and that the trial court was not authorized to sentence him to more than six months in jail for direct contempt without a jury trial. We conclude that the trial court did not err in finding Mockbee in direct contempt. However, because we conclude that…