California Court of Appeal

Defendant's incarceration for being an uncooperative witness is reversed where 1)she was denied counsel and the proper hearings required by Penal Code section 1332, and 2)she was improperly found in contempt pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 1209(a)(9).

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/25/2004
• Published 10/26/2004

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Deborah A. Kwast, Public Defender, Kevin Phillips and Donald E. Landis, Jr., Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Tony Rackauckas, District Attorney, Brian N. Gurwitz, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent.