People v. City of East St. Louis

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• individual’s absence alone was insufficient for direct contempt 8 because “[t]he circuit court had no way of knowing why [the individual] was not present”
• attorney’s failure to appear was direct contempt regardless of his reasons for not attending because trial judge had told him the previous day that his appearance was expected and that she would not grant a continuance

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