PAXTON v. PAPPE

No. 50090.

561 P.2d 57 (1976)

Calvin Eben PAXTON, Petitioner, v. Honorable Court PAPPE, Judge of the District Court of Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied March 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Graves, Oklahoma City, for petitioner.


SIMMS, Justice.

Petitioner, Calvin Paxton, seeks habeas corpus releasing him from imprisonment following adjudication and sentencing for direct contempt. Petitioner further seeks prohibition against the District Judge of Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, from further proceeding against petitioner as and for direct contempt.

Petitioner was defendant in a postdivorce decree proceeding commenced September 15, 1975 in the District...

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