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MATTER OF CONTEMPT OF PEISNER

Docket No. 29664.

78 Mich. App. 642 (1977)

261 N.W.2d 30

IN THE MATTER OF THE CONTEMPT OF BALFOUR PEISNER PEOPLE v. JACKSON.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided September 21, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alphonso R. Harper (by Rudy J. Huizenga), for the Recorder's Court Judge.

Balfour Peisner, in propria persona.

Before: BEASLEY, P.J., and V.J. BRENNAN and J.R. McDONALD, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

During the within murder trial, the trial judge found Balfour Peisner, counsel for defendant, in contempt for willfully, persistently and repeatedly violating the ruling of the court, and fined him $150.

The trial judge is empowered to control proceedings in the court and, if necessary, to punish for contemptuous behavior.1 The issuance of an order of contempt rests in the sound discretion of the trial court and is...

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