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CRISWELL v. HENDRICKSON

No. 2-68825.

344 N.W.2d 255 (1983)

Jan CRISWELL, Thomas Misner, George Goff, Gary Lee Evilsizer, Eugene Wainwright, Gary Frazer, and Glen M. McGhee, Plaintiffs, v. Honorable David E. HENDRICKSON, Lee County District Court, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

As Amended March 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Harrington, Appellate Defender, and Patrick R. Grady, Asst. Appellate Defender, for plaintiffs.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Michael K. Jordan, and Sherie Barnett, Asst. Attys. Gen., for defendant.

Heard by DONIELSON, P.J., and SCHLEGEL and SACKETT, JJ.

SACKETT, Judge.

This certiorari action challenges the findings of the Honorable David B. Hendrickson that each petitioner was in contempt for failure to testify before a Lee County Grand Jury and the subsequent imposition of six-month jail terms on each petitioner. We annul the writ.

The petitioners in this certiorari action are inmates at Fort Madison. Each of the seven petitioners was served with a subpoena ordering them to appear and testify before the...

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