LaRue v. Burns

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

In this original certiorari proceeding, plaintiff Daryl D. LaRue alleged defendant District Associate Judge Jack L. Burns proceeded illegally in sentencing him to a six-month contempt of court jail term for failing to pay $8.50 in court costs in a misdemeanor case, and in forfeiting a $500 appearance bond. We now sustain the writ of certiorari previously issued, and remand with directions.

February 4, 1977, LaRue pled guilty to a § 729.1 criminal trespass charge before defendant judge. He received a fifteen-day suspended sentence and was assessed court costs of $8.50.

When…