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C.F. v. STATE

No. 82A04-8709-CR-276.

521 N.E.2d 1338 (1988)

C.F., Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fourth District.

April 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Heathcotte, Heathcotte and Turpin, Evansville, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Jay Rodia, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

CONOVER, Judge.

C.F. appeals her conviction for direct contempt for failure to fully answer questions propounded to her by the Vanderburgh Circuit Court grand jury.

We reverse.

Restated, the sole issue presented by this appeal is: whether a grand jury target witness is subject to contempt proceedings for answering "I don't know why I started the fire," when repeatedly asked "what was your reason or motive for starting the fire?"

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