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SPRUELL v. STATE

55712.

145 Ga. App. 720 (1978)

244 S.E.2d 636

SPRUELL v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided April 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William V. Hall, Jr., for appellant.

M. Randall Peek, District Attorney, Robert E. Wilson, Assistant District Attorney, Moulton, Carriere, Cavan & Maloof, J. Wayne Moulton, for appellee.

DEEN, Presiding Judge.

It has long been the law of this state that while a trial judge may, for a direct criminal contempt committed in the presence of the court, hold the offender in contempt without a hearing and impose punishment, acting on his own knowledge of the facts, to do so he must in his order set forth fully and clearly the facts found and conclusions of law upon which the order is based. Brown v. Hames...

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