MAZZETTI v. UNITED STATES

No. 74-1610.

518 F.2d 781 (1975)

In the Matter of Criminal Contempt Proceedings against Michael Mazzetti. Michael MAZZETTI, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 23, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris W. Sandstead, Jr., Boulder, Colo., for appellant.

Robert J. Roth, U. S. Atty., and Monti L. Belot, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Kan., for appellee.

Before LEWIS, Chief Judge and HOLLOWAY and BARRETT, Circuit Judges.


LEWIS, Chief Judge.

Michael Mazzetti, a newspaper reporter-photographer, was sentenced to fifteen days' imprisonment by the United States District Court for the District of Kansas following a judgment of contempt under 18 U.S.C. § 401(3). After a full evidentiary hearing on an order to show cause and response to an information filed, the court determined that Mazzetti had in fact wilfully violated Local Rule 18 of the court1 by persistently...

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