Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1979

State v. Meyer

State v. Meyer
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided June 29, 1979 · Summers
372 So. 2d 572; 1979 La. LEXIS 6843 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Meyer

Opinion of the Court

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

Writ 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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