PEOPLE v. BELL

No. 2-94-0517.

658 N.E.2d 1372 (1995)

276 Ill.App.3d 939

213 Ill.Dec. 351

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Respondent-Appellee, v. Jerry L. BELL, Contemnor-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

December 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Kathleen J. Hamill, Office of State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Jerry L. Bell.

David R. Akemann, Kane County State's Attorney, St. Charles, William L. Browers, Deputy Director, State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Lawrence M. Bauer, State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for People.


Justice COLWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Contemnor, Jerry L. Bell, appeals the order of the circuit court of Kane County finding him in direct criminal contempt of court and sentencing him to six months in jail. The issues on appeal are: (1) whether the contempt order is insufficient when considered in conjunction with the report of proceedings; (2) whether there was sufficient evidence to support a finding of contempt; and (3) whether the sentence in the...

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