Legal Opinion
Banks v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 15, 1997No. SC 15353PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PALMER, J.
This case is before us on a writ of error brought by the plaintiff in error, Duane Banks (plaintiff), who seeks reversal of the judgment of the trial court summarily finding him in criminal contempt of court on three separate occasions during a hearing on his *571application for a bail reduction.1 The trial court sentenced the plaintiff to consecutive prison terms of three *572months on each contempt finding. The plaintiff claims that the court improperly: (1) determined that his conduct was contemptuous; (2) failed to disqualify itself and refer the charges to another judge for…
2Cases cited53 opinions
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- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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- Bloom v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by37 opinions
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