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PEOPLE v. DENSON

Nos. 56112, 56312 cons.

16 Ill. App.3d 230 (1973)

305 N.E.2d 263

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BARBARA DENSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

November 20, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Adam, Edward M. Genson, and Arnette Hubbard, all of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Kenneth L. Gillis, Barry Rand Elden, and John Maloney, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DOWNING delivered the opinion of the court:

Barbara Denson (hereinafter "contemnor") was adjudged in contempt of court for having refused to answer questions propounded to her on various occasions as a witness in a murder trial, and, as a consequence of her refusals, contemnor was committed to the Cook County Jail. This appeal emanates from the adjudgment of contempt.

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