Klingman v. Levinson

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Melvin E. Levinson, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County adjudging him guilty of contempt of court and sentencing him to 60 days in jail. Defendant initially contends that the trial court erred in holding him in contempt since he had purged himself of any contemptuous conduct. He argues in the alternative that the court erred, in a civil contempt proceeding, in ordering him to serve a definite term in jail without the right of purgation.

The present proceedings have developed as the aftermath of a…