TETTER v. STATE

77-232.

358 So.2d 1046 (1978)

In re Sandra Hill TETTER v. STATE. Ex parte State ex rel. Attorney General.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Rosa G. Hamlett, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Jesse W. Shotts, Birmingham, for respondent.


EMBRY, Justice.

We granted the writ of certiorari in this action to dispel the existing confusion as to the proper appellate jurisdiction for review of contempt proceedings and to determine whether the contemptuous conduct in question was indirect or direct criminal contempt.

The instant action stems from a domestic relations proceeding. The following order entered by Circuit Judge Joe G. Barnard, of the 10th Judicial Circuit, Jefferson County, who presided...

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