Writ granted. See Order. The adjudication of contempt is upheld however, the sentence for contempt is reduced and hereby fixed at 24 hours imprisonment. When an attorney is found guilty of direct contempt, the punishment cannot exceed this for a first offense. See Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 371 and R.S. 13:4611 A(1), State ex rel. Collins v. Collins,
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