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STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. A-11121.

356 P.3d 804 (2015)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. Larries Lee WILLIAMS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

August 28, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy W. Terrell , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Michael C. Geraghty , Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellant.

Renee McFarland , Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner , Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Appellee.

Before: MANNHEIMER, Chief Judge, ALLARD, Judge, and HANLEY, District Court Judge.

OPINION

For centuries, Anglo-American law has recognized the power of the courts to hold litigants in contempt for disruption of judicial proceedings and willful disobedience of judicial orders. The question presented in this appeal is: When someone violates (or allegedly violates) a court order, who decides whether...

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