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U.S. v. O'QUINN

No. 90-2303.

913 F.2d 221 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John M. O'QUINN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 19, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Tigar, Austin, Tex., Stephen D. Susman, E. Lawrence Vincent, Susman & Godfrey, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Paula Offenhauser, John R. Braddock, Asst. U.S. Attys., Henry K. Oncken, U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GARZA, JOLLY, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

John M. O'Quinn, appeals his conviction of criminal contempt for sleeping in Judge Melinda Harmon's jury room during a break in a trial in Judge David Hittner's court. Judge Hittner imposed a sentence of indefinite unsupervised probation, provided O'Quinn serve 10 days in the Harris County jail on consecutive weekends. The court stated that it would set aside the jail time if O'Quinn paid a $500 fine by noon the next day and performed sixty hours of community...

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