IN RE MERRITT

No. 80-K-1836.

391 So.2d 440 (1980)

In re Clyde D. MERRITT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwight M. Doskey, New Orleans, for relator, Clyde D. Merritt.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Donald Giglio, Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Attys., for State, respondent.


CALOGERO, Justice.

We review here the trial court's finding an attorney in direct contempt of court for his failure to appear for that court's ruling on a writ of habeas corpus which he had filed on behalf of a client. Finding this case to be controlled by Kidd v. Caldwell, 371 So.2d 247 (La.1979), we reverse and remand for a constructive contempt hearing on a rule to show cause before another judge.

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