IN RE WELFARE OF R. L. W.

No. 46784.

245 N.W.2d 204 (1976)

In re WELFARE OF R. L. W.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Kennedy, Henn. County Public Defender, Wright S. Walling, Asst. County Public Defender, Minneapolis, for petitioner.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Gary W. Flakne, County Atty., Vernon E. Bergstrom, David W. Larson, Phebe Haugen, Lee Barry and Toni Beitz, Asst. County Attys., Minneapolis, for respondents.

Considered and decided by the court en banc.


SHERAN, Chief Justice.

This case involves an order of Referee Donald Chapman of the Hennepin County Juvenile Court which was affirmed by the Honorable Lindsay Arthur. The referee found petitioner guilty of criminal contempt of court and sentenced him to 30 days in the workhouse (Hennepin County Adult Corrections Facility). On April 27, 1976, this court granted an alternative writ of prohibition, which was issued pending...

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