State v. Pothier

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• holding that the defense of duress was unavailable when the defendant witness's fear of reprisals was not premised upon a threat of immediate and serious bodily harm
• observing that due process of law in indirect contempt cases requires an opportunity to present a defense
• explaining that, in exercising the contempt power, a court “should not exercise more than the least possible power adequate to the end proposed”
• when transcript of original contempt occurrence was of record, testimony of district judge before whom contempt occurred was not necessary, but “nothing prevented” defendants from calling judge as witness in later proceeding
• when transcript of original contempt occurrence was of record, testimony of district judge before whom contempt occurred was not necessary, but \nothing prevented\ defendants from calling judge as witness in later proceeding

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