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PEOPLE v. ERNEST

No. 69318.

566 N.E.2d 231 (1990)

141 Ill.2d 412

152 Ill.Dec. 544

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Stanton D. ERNEST, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 20, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen., Springfield (Robert J. Ruiz, Sol. Gen., and Terence M. Madsen and Richard S. London, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Robert L. Douglas and Fred W. Johnson, Robinson, amici curiae.

Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

In a proceeding in the circuit court of Wabash County, the defendant, Stanton D. Ernest, an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois, was found to be in direct criminal contempt and fined $50 after he caused a subpoena for a discovery deposition to be issued to the judge presiding in a case in which the defendant was appearing as counsel. The appellate court, with one justice dissenting, affirmed...

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