Opinion
Motion No: 107999
12-14-2017
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ARTHUR MERCER, Appellant.
DECISION AND ORDER ON MOTION
Motion by the appellant on an appeal from a judgment of Ulster County Court, rendered September 27, 2015, to adjudge Cathy Nilsson, a former court reporter, to be in criminal contempt of court for willful failure to comply with the lawful mandate of this Court contained in the decision and order of this Court dated June 1, 2017, directing her to produce and file stenographic transcripts of the minutes of the court proceedings which occurred on February 13, 2015 and February 18, 2015, or a written statement that no minutes were taken by her on such dates, on or before July 3, 2017 in the above-entitled matter.
Upon the papers filed in support of the motion, and no papers having been filed in opposition thereto, and a hearing having been held thereon on November 21, 2017, and the Court having granted such motion on that date by issuing a decision, order and judgment ordering a 30-day term of imprisonment and imposing a fine in the amount of $250, and such decision, order and judgment having been suspended pending further hearing before this Court on December 14, 2017, and the Court having conducted such further hearing on that date, it is
ORDERED that the decision, order and judgment of this Court dated November 21, 2017 shall continue to be suspended pending further hearing before this Court on the 9th day of January, 2018 at 11:45 AM, at which time Cathy Nilsson is directed to appear personally before this Court.
Garry, J.P., Clark, Rumsey and Pritzker, JJ., concur.
ENTER:
Robert D. Mayberger
Clerk of the Court