IN RE HOLMES

Docket No. 65082.

145 Cal.App.3d 934 (1983)

193 Cal. Rptr. 790

In re SUSAN HOLMES on Habeas Corpus. SUSAN HOLMES, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Respondent; COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

August 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Edwin S. Saul for Petitioner.

Kenneth L. Nelson, County Counsel, and John M. Cohan, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.

No appearance for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

LUI, J.

Summary

After a hearing by the court, Attorney Susan Holmes (petitioner) was found in contempt of court for assisting her husband Gerald1 in attempting to avoid service of a subpoena. She was sentenced to eight hours in custody and a $500 fine. She seeks review of the contempt proceedings below by way of her petition for writ of habeas corpus or, in the alternative...

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