STATE v. DOSTAL

No. 71-252.

28 Ohio St. 2d 158 (1971)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. DOSTAL ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John T. Corrigan, prosecuting attorney, Mr. Dennis J. McGuire, and Mr. William J. Coyne, for appellee.

Messrs. Good & Haffner and Mr. Walter J. Haffner, for appellants.


LEACH, J.

Essentially, we are here concerned with a determination of the scope of the recent holdings of the United States Supreme Court that, under some circumstances, a person charged in a state court with criminal contempt is entitled to a trial by jury; and, specifically, with the question of the applicability of such holdings to a trial held in June 1969. Requests for jury trial were made prior to trial herein and refused by the trial court.

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