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JOLLY v. JOLLY

No. 86-68.

719 S.W.2d 430 (1986)

290 Ark. 352

Gloria J. JOLLY, Appellant, v. Sandy E. JOLLY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Velek, Greenbrier, for appellant.

Ronald L. Burton, Conway, Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Clint Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

NEWBERN, Justice.

The issue in this appeal is whether the court erred in holding the appellant, Gloria Jolly, in contempt and in sentencing her to thirty days imprisonment with twenty-six days suspended. We hold that the contempt citation was erroneous because it was not justified by the conduct of the appellant, and we note that a suspension of a sentence for criminal contempt amounts to a remission.

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