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MATTER OF FINDING OF CONTEMPT IN STATE v. KRUSE

No. 93-1074.

186 Wis.2d 323 (1994)

519 N.W.2d 769

IN the MATTER OF the FINDING OF CONTEMPT IN STATE v. Paul KRUSE: Roseann OLIVETO, Appellant, v. CIRCUIT COURT FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY, the Hon. George S. Curry, Presiding, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided June 30, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Dale T. Pasell, Kenneth P. Casey and Mark Lukoff of Office of State Public Defender of Madison and Milwaukee.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and James H. McDermott, assistant attorney general.

Before Eich, C.J., Dykman and Sundby, JJ.

EICH, C.J.1

Roseann Oliveto, an assistant state public defender, was summarily found in contempt of court when, immediately following the sentencing of her client, she was heard to remark, "Ridiculous."

She argues on appeal that: (1) her remark was not a contemptuous act; (2) her statement cannot form the basis for contempt because it was a "privileged communication" to her client which was not intended to be heard by the court...

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