STATE EX REL. BECKETT v. STOCKETT


552 P.2d 838 (1976)

THE STATE OF OREGON EX REL. JUDGE WILLIAM A. BECKETT, Circuit Judge, Respondent, v. Joseph Charles STOCKETT, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided July 26, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Molloy, Eugene, filed the brief for appellant.

Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., W. Michael Gillette, Sol. Gen., and Janet A. Metcalf, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, filed the brief for respondent.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and LANGTRY and FORT, JJ.


SCHWAB, Chief Justice.

Defendant appeals from an order finding him in direct contempt of the Lane County Circuit Court and sentencing him to 30 days in custody. The incident precipitating the contempt order occurred at the close of a pretrial hearing. At that time defendant shouted repeated obscenities at the judge. The judge told defendant he was in contempt; defendant again vilified the judge; and the judge sentenced him.

ORS 33.030 provides:

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