IN RE CONTEMPT OF DUDZINSKI

Docket No. 234148.

667 N.W.2d 68 (2003)

257 Mich. App. 96

In re CONTEMPT of Henry Joseph DUDZINSKI. Estate of Lamar Grable, Plaintiff, v. Eugene Brown, Defendant. Henry Joseph Dudzinski, Appellant, v. Third Circuit Court Judge, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided June 17, 2003, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication August 11, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tamara A. French, Detroit, for Henry J. Dudzinski.

Before ZAHRA, P.J., and MURRAY and FORT HOOD, JJ.


ZAHRA, J.

Appellant, Henry Joseph Dudzinski, appeals as of right from the trial court's order finding him in contempt of court and sentencing him to twenty-nine days in jail. Although we conclude the trial court erred and infringed on appellant's First Amendment right to free speech, we affirm the contempt order.

I. Factual and Procedural History

On May 30, 2000, appellant sat in the courtroom as a spectator...

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