Opinion
No. 41418.
October 31, 1969.
Appeal and error — certiorari — death of relator — discharge of writ.
Certiorari upon the relation of Channing Carlton to review an order of the Ramsey County District Court, Ronald E. Hachey, Judge, whereby he was adjudged in contempt of court. Writ discharged.
Leonard, Street Deinard, Melvin H. Siegel, Sidney Barrows, and George F. Reilly, for relator.
Douglas M. Head, Attorney General, Richard H. Kyle, Solicitor General, and David J. Byron and J. Dennis O'Brien, Special Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent.
Relator violated an order of the District Court of Ramsey County prohibiting the making of in-court sketches during the criminal trial of one David Hoskins in March 1968. He was adjudged guilty of contempt and fined $100, payment of which was deferred pending a determination of the writ of certiorari issued by this court upon his application.
Relator died on July 18, 1969, so that the pending appellate proceeding has become moot.
The writ of certiorari is accordingly discharged.