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372 So. 2d 572

State v. Meyer

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 29, 1979

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1979-06-29

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently October 1979

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Decided 1979-06-29

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¶1In re Joseph Meyer, Jr., applying for motion for re-hearing. Orleans Parish.

¶2Writ denied. A person held in contempt for failure to obey an order may be imprisoned until he performs an act which is yet within his power to perform. C.Cr.P. Art. 25. Relator was ordered to either call witnesses for a preliminary hearing or apply for a supervisory writ on the question of the validity of the judge’s order. Either act is yet within relator’s power to perform.

SUMMERS, C. J., absent.
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