State v. Nefstad

Defendant appeals from three separate contempt judgments that arose from her refusals to testify at various stages of the aggravated murder trial of Reyes Miranda and Stephen Nefstad, her husband.1 In the first case, the court held defendant in civil contempt. ORS 33.020(2). In the second and third cases, it held her in both civil and criminal contempt. ORS 33.020.2 Defendant argues in the first and second cases that she may not be held in contempt for refusing to testify “at a stage in [the] proceeding when there is no cognizable purpose in having her testify.” She asserts in the second and…