LYONS v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 23241.

43 Cal.2d 755 (1955)

278 P.2d 681

LOWELL LYONS, Petitioner v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Brigham Rose for Petitioner.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los Angeles), John B. Anson, David D. Mix and William E. Lamoreaux, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.


SCHAUER, J.

In this certiorari proceeding petitioner seeks annulment of an order of respondent superior court adjudging him guilty of a direct contempt of court and sentencing him to serve "five 24-hour days" in the county jail. We have concluded that, contrary to petitioner's contention, the court correctly held petitioner's acts to constitute a direct, rather than an indirect, contempt, and that the judgment should be affirmed.

The record shows that petitioner...

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