IN RE COWAN

Docket No. B055594.

230 Cal.App.3d 1281 (1991)

281 Cal. Rptr. 740

In re OSCAR LEE COWAN on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

May 31, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender, Laurence M. Sarnoff, Michael H. Sklar and John Hamilton Scott, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.

Morris, Polich & Purdy and Eugene P. Ramirez for Respondent.


OPINION

WOODS (A.M.), P.J.

Petitioner Oscar Lee Cowan seeks extraordinary relief from orders of a judge of respondent Municipal Court of the County of Los Angeles finding him in contempt of court and sentencing him to 72 hours in the county jail. After review, we conclude that the court did not comply with the statutorily prescribed procedure mandated by Code of Civil Procedure section...

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