PEOPLE v. HEITLAND

No. 5-92-0507.

625 N.E.2d 1160 (1993)

253 Ill. App.3d 836

193 Ill.Dec. 39

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ann Rae HEITLAND, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

December 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Pascal, Michael L. Brody, Aphrodite Kokolis, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, for defendant-appellant.

William Haine, State's Atty., Madison County, Edwardsville, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Rebecca Sanders, Staff Atty., Office of the State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice MAAG delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Ann Rae Heitland, an attorney, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Madison County finding her guilty of direct criminal contempt for improper conduct that allegedly occurred during the course of a trial in which she defended Keene Corporation.

The relevant facts are as follows: The defendant was lead defense counsel in the trial of Garner v. Keene Corporation, No. 90-L-1107, an asbestos...

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