IN RE PETERSON

No. 9948.

15 Utah 2d 27 (1963)

386 P.2d 726

IN THE MATTER OF THE CONTEMPT OF LaRAE PETERSON, APPELLANT. STATE OF UTAH, PLAINTIFF, v. JEAN SINCLAIR, DEFENDANT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 21, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitsunaga & Ross, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

A. Pratt Kesler, Atty. Gen., Ronald N. Boyce, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for respondent.


WADE, Justice.

This appeal is by LaRae Peterson, a witness in the case of The State of Utah v. Jean Sinclair, from a holding that she was in contempt of court for refusal to answer a question propounded to her by the district attorney in that case.

The record discloses that she was asked the following question: "Well, I'll put it this way then. Have you had any homosexual acts with Jean or she with you?" Upon the advice of her counsel she refused to answer...

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