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PEOPLE v. ERNEST

No. 5-87-0660.

188 Ill. App.3d 987 (1989)

544 N.E.2d 1275

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STANTON D. ERNEST, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed September 29, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanton D. Ernest, of Fowler, Rhine & Ernest, of Mt. Carmel, appellant pro se.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Shawn W. Denney, Solicitor General, and Terence M. Madsen and Michael J. Singer, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE HOWERTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, a lawyer, was found guilty of direct criminal contempt for subpoenaing a judge. We affirm.

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