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LaGRANGE ETC. v. STATE

No. 29,627.

238 Ind. 689 (1958)

153 N.E.2d 593

LaGRANGE ETC. v. STATE OF INDIANA.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Motion to Modify Mandate granted December 9, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert H. Gavit, of Gary, and John Anderton, of LaPorte, for appellant.

Edwin K. Steers, Attorney General, Frank E. Spencer, Assistant Attorney General and Donald M. Mosiman, Deputy Attorney General, for appellee.

ACHOR, J.

Appellant was convicted upon a charge of direct contempt of court and sentenced to pay a fine of $250 and be imprisoned for 45 days. The alleged contemptuous conduct consisted of a certain radio newscast reporting an interview with a defendant in a criminal case then pending in LaPorte Circuit Court, in which the defendant was allegedly offered a suspended sentence in return for a plea of guilty to a lesser offense...

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