Court Opinion

ID: 9763048
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 02:35:59.50217+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:27:15.070396
License: Public Domain

HOLMAN, Judge
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent. It is my view that in order for petitioner to be free of guilt of contempt he should have, at the least, advised Judge Riederer, prior to the commencement of the trial in Kansas City, of the prior setting of the case in Audrain County and to have sought a continuance for that reason. Absent any effort in that regard, I think the actions taken by petitioner were not sufficient to absolve him of guilt for contempt under the circumstances. I would therefore quash the writ and remand petitioner to the custody of the sheriff of Audrain County.