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STATE EX REL. O'BRIEN v. MORELAND

No. 56393.

778 S.W.2d 400 (1989)

STATE of Missouri, ex rel., Ann L. O'BRIEN, Petitioner, v. Edward M. MORELAND, Director of St. Louis County Department of Justice Services, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Writ Division Six.

October 3, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Finnegan and David C. Drury, St. Louis, for petitioner.

Frank Susman, Patricia Redington and Andrew Feist Wasserman, St. Louis, for respondent.

CARL R. GAERTNER, Judge.

In this original habeas corpus action, Ann L. O'Brien challenges an order finding her guilty of indirect criminal contempt. She was ordered to serve four days in the St. Louis County jail. On March 21, 1989, she began serving her term, and filed her petition for habeas corpus. That day, we issued our writ and released her on bond. We now order O'Brien discharged from custody and her bond discharged.

Following oral argument, we directed...

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