PEOPLE v. HAAS

No. 80-693.

100 Ill. App.3d 1143 (1981)

427 N.E.2d 853

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JEFFREY H. HAAS, Contemnor-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed October 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Deutsch and Dennis Cunningham, both of Chicago, for appellant.

C. David Vogel, State's Attorney, of Pontiac (Donald D. Bernardi, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.


Order affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MEJDA delivered the opinion of the court:

Appellant, an attorney, appeals from a judgment entered in the criminal division of the circuit court of Cook County holding him in direct criminal contempt of court for leaving the courtroom during court proceedings contrary to and in violation of a direct order of the court. The court entered a finding of contempt and at a subsequent hearing entered an order nunc pro tunc adjudging...

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