Phillips v. Iowa District Court for Johnson County

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• pronouncing the requirement of proof beyond a reasonable doubt to establish contempt rather than the previously articulated clear and satisfactory standard
• overruling in part on the issue of the- proper burden of proof applied in contempt actions
• pronouncing the requirement of proof beyond a reasonable doubt to establish contempt rather than the previously articulated clear and satisfactory standard
• court may use only one of the available sanctions in a contempt proceeding
• contempt proceedings are “quasi-eriminal” and therefore an indigent has a constitutional right to appointment of counsel when “predictive evaluation” suggests that contempt citation may result in jail term, citing McNabb v. Osmundson, 315 N.W.2d 9, 11-14 (Iowa 1982)
• considering the standard of proof

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