STATE v. VAN LAARHOVEN

No. 78-380-CR.

90 Wis.2d 67 (1979)

279 N.W.2d 488

STATE, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. VAN LAARHOVEN, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant the cause was submitted on the brief of Robert E. Henke of Neenah.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and Betty R. Brown, assistant attorney general.

Before Dean, P. J., Donlin, J., and Foley, J.


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FOLEY, J.

Paul Van Laarhoven was summarily sentenced to ten day and then to twenty additional days in the Outagamie County Jail for two separate acts of criminal contempt. He claims the sentence was excessive and challenges the trial court's use of summary contempt procedures. The summary contempt issue requires review of the facts to determine whether exercise of summary contempt power was appropriate...

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