State v. Pultz

Petitioner Dale Pultz (Pultz) seeks review of a court of appeals decision affirming a remedial contempt order of the circuit court for Milwaukee County, Judge Robert W. Landry. The circuit court found Pultz in contempt for his violation of a permanent injunction enjoining him and others from engaging in particular activities at Milwaukee medical clinics. The questions presented are these: was the circuit court constitutionally required to inform the defendant that, if indigent, he had a right to appointed counsel at public expense in this remedial contempt proceeding brought by the State of…