State v. Wendorf

Syllabus

criminal contempt failure to appear can constitute interference with a court's lawful process and serve as basis for criminal contempt jurisdiction to review plenary proceedings for criminal contempt appealed from district court to superior court nature of de novo review of plenary proceedings of criminal contempt in superior court notice required for plenary proceedings for criminal contempt and validity of show cause order to provide notice erroneous failure to apply beyond a reasonable doubt standard of proof in plenary proceeding for criminal contempt in district court was not a jurisdictional defect testimony by judicial official who presided over prior proceeding was permissible in subsequent proceeding before different judicial official on appeal from prior proceeding