STATE v. MINNIEWEATHER

No. 23505-KW.

587 So.2d 1190 (1991)

STATE of Louisiana v. Martha E. MINNIEWEATHER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha E. Minnieweather, Bastrop, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Baton Rouge, Atty. Gen., Jerry L. Jones, Dist. Atty. and Charles L. Brumfield, Asst. Dist. Atty., Bastrop, for appellee.

Before MARVIN, VICTORY and BROWN, JJ.


Applicant, an attorney, was found guilty of constructive contempt of court for failure to appear before a grand jury pursuant to subpoena and was subsequently sentenced to pay a fine of $500.00, or 50 days in jail in lieu of payment, and 130 days in jail with 40 days suspended, and six months probation.

Louisiana law requires the sentencing judge, when imposing sentence for a felony or a misdemeanor conviction, to state for the record the considerations taken into...

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