IN RE CONTEMPT OF HEFFERNAN

No. 90729.

177 Ohio App.3d 499 (2008)

2008-Ohio-3685

In re CONTEMPT OF HEFFERNAN.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

Decided July 24, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Heffernan, pro se.

William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Sara E. DeCaro, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.


KENNETH A. ROCCO, Judge.

{¶ 1} The contemnor, Edward A. Heffernan, appeals from a common pleas court order finding him in contempt and fining him $500. Appellant argues that the court erred by finding him in direct contempt and that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the contempt conviction. We find that appellant's conduct was not a direct contempt that the court could summarily punish. Accordingly...

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