TURNER v. DISTRICT COURT IN & FOR TENTH JUD. DIST.

No. 26461.

533 P.2d 498 (1975)

Cecil L. TURNER, Assistant District Attorney, and James R. Gmelin, Deputy District Attorney, in and for the Tenth Judicial District, State of Colorado, Appellants, v. DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR the TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, and the Honorable Matt J. Kikel, District Judge within and for the County of Pueblo, State of Colorado, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. E. Losavio, Jr., Dist. Atty., Cecil L. Turner, Asst. Dist. Atty., James R. Gmelin, Deputy Dist. Atty., Pueblo, for appellants.

Rothgerber, Appel & Powers, Gregory L. Williams, Denver, for appellees.


ERICKSON, Justice.

Cecil L. Turner, an assistant district attorney for the Tenth Judicial District, and his trial assistant, James R. Gmelin, were both found to be guilty of contempt of court and were fined for their contemptuous conduct. Both Turner and Gmelin appealed. We affirm.

The events which brought about the trial judge's finding of contempt were directly tied to the trial of a criminal case. The charges in the case were formalized by the filing of...

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