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SKOLNICK v. STATE

No. 3-1076A233.

397 N.E.2d 986 (1979)

Sherman H. SKOLNICK, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below), and Saul I. Ruman and Richard J. Lesniak, Appellees (Intervenors below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

October 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherman H. Skolnick, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Alembert W. Brayton, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, Saul I. Ruman, Hammond, for appellee.

STATON, Judge.

On July 29, 1975, in an eight-page order of the Porter Superior Court, Sherman H. Skolnick was convicted three times of direct criminal contempt. For each conviction Skolnick was sentenced to thirty days' incarceration in the Porter County Jail and fined $100.00. Skolnick contends that the three direct contempt convictions are invalid because:

I. he was denied due process of law; II. the trial judge was without jurisdiction to convict...

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