STATE v. ROMERO

No. 5132.

635 P.2d 998 (1981)

96 N.M. 795

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Catherine Leslie ROMERO, Angel Martinez, and Loretta Ann Sanchez, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

October 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Bigelow, Chief Public Defender, Lynne Corr, Asst. State Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, for defendants-appellants.

William Walker, Albuquerque, for Ms. Martinez.

A.J. Ferrara, Albuquerque, for Ms. Sanchez.

Deborah Lee Bohl, Albuquerque, for Ms. Romero.

Jeff Bingaman, Atty. Gen., Carol Vigil, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee; Stephen A. Slusher, Mark J. Riley, John E. DuBois, Asst. Dist. Attys., Albuquerque, of counsel.


OPINION

WOOD, Judge.

After being granted use immunity, defendants refused to testify, as witnesses, in a children's court proceeding. Defendants, at the time of their appearances before the children's court, were represented by counsel. Each defendant was held in contempt of court and sentenced to ninety days in jail. Each defendant appeals. The claim in the docketing statement, that summary contempt proceedings...

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