DocketNumber： Docket Nos. 8952-8956
Citation Numbers： 185 N.W.2d 189, 28 Mich. App. 654, 1970 Mich. App. LEXIS 1262
Judges： V.J. Brennan, P.J., and Levin and Peterson
Filed Date： 12/9/1970
Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 3/3/2016
Michigan Court of Appeals.
Henrietta E. Rosenthal, for the judge of Recorder's Court of Detroit.
Lafferty, Reosti, Jabara, Papakhian, James, Strickgold & Smith and Goodman, Eden, Robb, Millender, Goodman & Bedrosian (Gage, Burgess & Knox, of counsel), for defendants on appeal.
Amicus curiae: Metropolitan Detroit Branch, American Civil Liberties Union, by James K. Robinson.
*655 Before: V.J. BRENNAN, P.J., and LEVIN and PETERSON,[*] JJ.
PER CURIAM.
The exercise by a trial judge of his summary power to punish for contempt of court committed in his presence is subject to review on appeal. See In re Scott (1955), 342 Mich 614, 616; In re Burns (1969), 19 Mich App 525; People v. Ravitz (1970), 26 Mich App 263. It would not serve a constructive purpose to attempt to summarize the record. Suffice it to say that we have read and reread the transcript of the proceedings and have concluded that the convictions and sentences should be and hereby are set aside and reversed.
[*] Circuit judge, sitting on the Court of Appeals by assignment.