C.F. v. State

CONOVER, Judge.

C.F. appeals her conviction for direct contempt for failure to fully answer questions propounded to her by the Vanderburgh Circuit Court grand jury.

We reverse.

Restated, the sole issue presented by this appeal is: whether a grand jury target witness is subject to contempt proceedings for answering "I don't know why I started the fire," when repeatedly asked "what was your reason or motive for starting the fire?"

In October, 1986, C.F., a night shift dise jockey at WYNG radio in Evansville, went to the station's basement early one morning and set the building on fire. Several…