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IN RE HENNIS

No. 6918SC555.

171 S.E.2d 211 (1969)

6 N.C. App. 683

In the Matter of the Imprisonment of E. H. HENNIS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Certiorari Allowed February 11, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan and Staff Atty. James L. Blackburn, Raleigh, for the State.

Norman B. Smith, Greensboro, for petitioner appellant.

MALLARD, Chief Judge.

Behavior committed during the sitting of any court of justice, in immediate view and presence of the court, and directly tending to interrupt its proceedings or to impair the respect due to its authority may be punished for contempt. G.S. § 5-1.

In G.S. § 5-5 it is provided that "contempt committed in the immediate view and presence of the court may be punished summarily, but the court shall cause the particulars of the offense...

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