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JARAMILLO v. STATE

No. 90-83.

802 P.2d 872 (1990)

Michele JARAMILLO, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

December 12, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard D. Munker, State Public Defender, Steven E. Weerts, Sr. Asst. Public Defender, and David Lindsey, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., John W. Renneisen, Deputy Atty. Gen., Karen A. Byrne, Mary B. Guthrie, Sr. Asst. Attys. Gen., Theodore E. Lauer, Director, Prosecution Assistance Program, and Larry Saunders, Student Intern, for appellee.

Before URBIGKIT, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE, MACY and GOLDEN, JJ.

URBIGKIT, Chief Justice.

This appeal determines whether a trial judge is required to inform an immunized witness of the consequences of refusal to testify before charging and convicting that individual of criminal contempt.1

In her appeal, appellant Michele Jaramillo claims that "[t]he trial court's failure to adequately inform appellant of the nature and effect of a finding of criminal contempt warrants a reversal of the contempt...

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