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AMORESANO v. LAUFGAS

796 A.2d 164 (2002)

171 N.J. 532

Vincent AMORESANO, Chief of Police, the City of Paterson, and Passaic County Prosecutor's Office, Plaintiffs, v. Bernard LAUFGAS, Defendant-Appellant. State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Bernard Laufgas, Defendant-Appellant (Two Cases).

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided January 29, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Laufgas, argued the cause pro se.

Richard W. Berg, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by VERNIERO, J.

The issues raised in this appeal involve the judiciary's summary contempt power. We are called on to determine whether the trial court erred in imposing jail sentences of varying lengths on the same litigant after finding him in contempt on three separate occasions. In accordance with Rule 1:10-1, the trial court founded the first adjudication on a series of letters...

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