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ARTHUR v. IOWA DIST. COURT

No. 95-1690.

553 N.W.2d 325 (1996)

Shannon Michael ARTHUR, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR JASPER COUNTY, Iowa, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 18, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Keith Rigg, Des Moines, for plaintiff.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Mary Tabor, Assistant Attorney General, Steve Johnson, County Attorney, and James Cleverley, Assistant County Attorney, for defendant.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, TERNUS and SCHULTZ, JJ.

LARSON, Justice.

Shannon Michael Arthur was found guilty of contempt of court for failing to appear for a hearing on a driving offense. Arthur petitioned for certiorari, claiming that the court failed to adequately advise him in advance that it was contemplating a finding of contempt and failed to establish that the finding of contempt was based on evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. Because we agree with the plaintiff on the first ground, we sustain the writ of certiorari...

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