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IN RE SPRUELL

No. A97A0701.

489 S.E.2d 48 (1997)

227 Ga. App. 324

In re Billy L. SPRUELL.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 15, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spruell & Dubuc, Melinda D. Taylor, Steven H. Sadow, Atlanta, for appellant.

Albert F. Taylor, Jr., District Attorney, Mary E. Moore, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

POPE, Presiding Judge.

After notice and a hearing, the trial court held attorney Billy L. Spruell in indirect criminal contempt of court. On appeal, Spruell challenges the sufficiency of the evidence of contempt and argues that the trial court erred in considering testimony from an earlier hearing in the underlying proceedings. We conclude that the properly considered evidence was sufficient to support an inference of wilful contempt. The trial court

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