BOYDSTUN v. STATE

No. 46257.

244 So.2d 732 (1971)

R.W. BOYDSTUN, Jr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.W. Boydstun, Jr., Louisville, A.S. Scott, Jr., Laurel, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Karen Gilfoy, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


BRADY, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Winston County, Mississippi, wherein the appellant, R.W. Boydstun, Jr., was found guilty of direct contempt of court and was sentenced to serve a term of thirty days in the Winston County jail. From that judgment this appeal is taken.

On July 15, 1970, the appellant, a member of the Winston County Bar, appeared before the Circuit Court of Winston County, Mississippi, acting as his own attorney, in...

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