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IN RE WITHERSPOON

Docket No. G001969.

162 Cal.App.3d 1000 (1984)

209 Cal. Rptr. 67

In re STEVEN M. WITHERSPOON on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

December 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ronald Y. Butler, Public Defender, and Donald Ayoob, Deputy Public Defender, for Petitioner.

Adrian Kuyper, County Counsel, Laurence M. Watson, Assistant County Counsel, and Edward N. Duran, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.

OPINION

TROTTER, P.J.

(1) Petitioner was adjudged in contempt after testifying as a witness against himself over his Fifth Amendment objection. In a dissolution action, petitioner's wife cited him for contempt, alleging wilful failure to pay court-ordered child support. At the hearing, petitioner was represented by court-appointed counsel, a deputy public defender. Wife's counsel attempted to call petitioner as a witness...

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