People v. Hutt, 2022 IL App (4th) 190142 (January). Episode 873 (Duration 8:48)
Defendant was confronted with a warrant for his blood and he refused to provide the sample.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
People v. Hutt, 2022 IL App (4th) 190142 (January). Episode 873 (Duration 8:48)
Defendant was confronted with a warrant for his blood and he refused to provide the sample.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
A person can be held in contempt of court when they disobey or disrespect a court such that it effects the proper functioning of the court.
Contempt of court in Illinois comes in two different flavors. There can be
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
In re L.W., 2016 IL App (3d) 160092 (July). Episode 209 (Duration 8:21)
Sentencing on petition to revoke probation entitles you to more credit than a sentence on contempt of court.
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
See People v. Geiger, 2015 IL App (3d) 130457 (Aprils) & People v. Perez-Gonzalez, 2014 IL App (2d) 120946 (June). Episode 071 (Duration 14:16)
Contempt of court is not in the books so we have to look at the case law for the answer. [Read more…]
By Samuel Partida, Jr.
No contempt of court this time for dropping the F-Bomb. Besides breaking and violating every procedural safeguard known to man, this conviction for contempt of court cannot be supported by the facts.
[Read more…]By Samuel Partida, Jr.
No contempt of court this time for dropping the F-Bomb. Besides breaking and violating every procedural safeguard known to man, this conviction for contempt of court cannot be supported by the facts.
Even if everything the tattle tale said were true, what she said and the circumstances around how she said it did not make it contempt of court. [Read more…]