LEVIN, J.
The issue is whether an indigent person may be found in civil contempt and incarcerated for failure to testify before a grand jury unless offered counsel at state expense at the contempt proceedings.
David C. Johnson, following his refusal to be sworn or to answer any questions before a citizens' grand jury, was fined $10,000 and sentenced to one year in jail. He would be released upon purging himself of the contempt...
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