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PEOPLE v. BATEY

Docket No. D002900.

183 Cal.App.3d 1281 (1986)

228 Cal. Rptr. 787

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BETTY LOU BATEY, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

July 31, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Edwin L. Miller, Jr., District Attorney, Peter C. Lehman and Anthony Lovett, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Michael P. Farris and J. Michael Smith for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

KREMER, P.J.

The People appeal an order of the superior court dismissing felony child stealing charges against Betty Lou Batey on the ground a factually related contempt judgment against her in a domestic case placed her once in jeopardy. We find the contempt order to be coercive and civil rather than punitive and criminal. Accordingly, the constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy has not been violated and the order...

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