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STATE v. WINNINGHAM

958 S.W.2d 740 (1997)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. Billy O. WINNINGHAM, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

December 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Daryl J. Brand, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, William E. Gibson, District Attorney General, Anthony W. Huddleston, Assistant District Attorney General, Livingston, for Appellant.

Phillips M. Smalling, Byrdstown, for Appellee.

OPINION

BIRCH, Justice.

Billy O. Winningham, the appellee, was adjudicated in contempt of court for having violated an order of protection issued at the request of his estranged wife. The contemptuous conduct alleged included setting the fire that burned down his wife's house.1 This same conduct also served as the basis for an arson indictment later returned against him.

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