Zetty v. Piatt

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• holding that the right to counsel attaches in civil contempt proceedings involving actual incarceration
• holding that the right to counsel attaches in civil contempt proceedings involving actual incarceration
• noting that absent a clear indication to the contrary, we assume that a statute or ordinance did not intend to amend, nullify, or supersede the common law
• noting that absent a clear indication to the contrary, we assume that a statute or ordinance did not intend to amend, nullify, or supersede the common law
• noting that unless there is an otherwise clear and contrary indication, we assume that an ordinance or statute did not intend to nullify, amend, or supersede the common law
• Applying Rutherford, the Court reversed a contempt judgment because the indigent defendant was denied the right to appointed counsel in a civil contempt proceeding

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