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PEOPLE v. PINCHAM

No. 61148.

38 Ill. App.3d 1043 (1976)

350 N.E.2d 67

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. R. EUGENE PINCHAM, Defendant-Contemnor-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed May 28, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore M. Becker, of Chicago (Charles B. Evins, G. Michael Cooper, III, Isaiah Skip Grant, Sam Adam, James J. Cutrone, and Edward M. Genson, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon, Kevin Sweeney, and Michael J. Angarola, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

After a summary hearing on a rule to show cause, defendant, an attorney, was found guilty of willful contempt for his failure to appear in court thereby delaying the start of a previously scheduled trial for an entire day. The order included a mittimus to the Sheriff to take defendant into custody until he would pay $920 to the clerk of the circuit court with the commitment...

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