STATE v. MARTIN

No. C6-95-542.

555 N.W.2d 899 (1996)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Roy Allen MARTIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen Williams, Law Office of Maureen Williams, Minneapolis, for Appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Attorney General, St. Paul, Timothy Faver, Beltrami County Attorney, Bemidji, for Respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


OPINION

KEITH, Chief Justice.

Appellant Roy Allen Martin appeals from an order of the Beltrami County District Court summarily sanctioning him for direct contempt of court based on his refusal to answer certain questions while testifying in his criminal trial. The court of appeals affirmed. On review, Martin argues that the district court erroneously found him guilty of direct contempt and, consequently, erred in punishing him summarily for his refusal to...

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