PEOPLE v. ROBERTS

No. 13303.

42 Ill. App.3d 604 (1976)

356 N.E.2d 429

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARTHUR A. ROBERTS et al., Defendants. — (CYRUS YONAN, JR., Contemnor-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed October 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Malley and Royce, of Chicago, for appellant.

Roger W. Thompson, State's Attorney, of Lincoln (G. Michael Prall and Robert C. Perry, both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part, and reversed in part and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Contemnor, Cyrus Yonan, Jr., an attorney, while representing two clients on trial on criminal charges in the circuit court of Logan County, was found to be in direct criminal contempt of court on four separate occasions. At the times of making the findings of contempt, the trial judge imposed fines of $250, $50, $100 and $100, respectively. After trial...

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