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PEOPLE v. BERNARD

No. 78-112.

75 Ill. App.3d 786 (1979)

394 N.E.2d 819

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. BURTON C. BERNARD, Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed August 31, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Freeark, Jr., of Freeark, Harvey & Mendillo, of Belleville, for appellant.

Nicholas G. Byron, State's Attorney, of Edwardsville (Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., and Martin N. Ashley, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE KUNCE delivered the opinion of the court:

Appellant Burton C. Bernard, an attorney, was held in contempt of court and fined $100 during an in-chambers conference in the midst of a jury trial of a products liability personal injury action in the Circuit Court of Madison County.1 The contempt finding was based on the supposed violation by Bernard, the...

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