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STATE v. TATUM

No. C9-96-30.

556 N.W.2d 541 (1996)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Dywon C. TATUM, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 21, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Attorney General, St. Paul, Michael O. Freeman Hennepin County Attorney, Paul R. Scoggin, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, for Appellant.

William R. Kennedy, Hennepin County Public Defender, Peter W. Gorman, Assistant Public Defender, Minneapolis, for Respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

KEITH, Chief Justice.

In this case we are asked to address the operation of certain penalty provisions in the contempts statute, Minn.Stat. §§ 588.01-.21 (1994). The district court found respondent Dywon C. Tatum in direct criminal contempt of court for refusing to testify and summarily sentenced him to 6 months in the workhouse under section 588.10. The court of appeals issued a writ of prohibition, reducing Tatum's sentence to 90 days...

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