IN RE GRAND JURY JAN. 246

No. 1-95-0631.

651 N.E.2d 696 (1995)

272 Ill. App.3d 991

209 Ill.Dec. 518

In re GRAND JURY JANUARY 246.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

June 7, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones and Walls, Chicago (Vincent Jones and Coulton J. Walls, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

Jack O'Malley, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Marie Quinlivan Czech, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellees.


Justice CERDA delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant attorneys, Vincent Jones and LaCoulton Walls (the contemnors), appeal the trial court's order finding them in direct contempt of court because they refused to testify before the grand jury about a conversation they had with a former client. Pending the outcome of this appeal, the imposition of the contemnors' sentences has been stayed.

The facts are not in dispute. From October 1994 to December 28...

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