PEOPLE v. SPIEZER

No. 2-99-1018.

735 N.E.2d 1017 (2000)

316 Ill. App.3d 75

249 Ill.Dec. 192

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph SPIEZER, Contemnor-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

August 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Rouleau, Rockford, for Joseph Speizer.

Douglas P. Floski, Ogle County State's Attorney, Oregon, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Kristine A. Karlin, Mt. Prospect, for the People.


Justice GEIGER delivered the opinion of the court:

The contemnor, Joseph Spiezer, appeals from the September 8, 1999, order of the circuit court of Ogle County finding him in direct civil contempt and ordering him incarcerated until such time as he turned over to the State a copy of a certain report made by a handwriting expert. Spiezer, an attorney, had been retained by Eva E. Castro to defend her against a charge of first-degree murder. Spiezer had consulted with...

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