PEOPLE v. ALEEM

No. 06SA90.

149 P.3d 765 (2007)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff v. Shareef ALEEM, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

January 8, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Suthers, Attorney General, Melody Mirbaba, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, for the Trial Court.

K. Mark Burton, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant.


Justice BENDER delivered the Opinion of the Court.

I. Summary

In this original proceeding, we review the trial court's holding of Petitioner Shareef Aleem in criminal contempt and its sentence to forty-five days in county jail. Initially, the trial court held Aleem in contempt until he removed his Stanley Tookie Williams T-shirt. Thereafter, the court retracted its initial contempt by allowing Aleem to wear this T-shirt for the remainder of that day of trial...

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