James Fitzgerald Valley, Appellant v. Pulaski County Circuit Court, Third Division, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the criminal-contempt judgment and $250 fine imposed after Valley failed to appear and testify under a legislative subpoena. It held that criminal-contempt proceedings did not require service of a civil or criminal summons, that the subpoena was valid because the governing statute required the same compensation as circuit-court witnesses but did not require advance tender of that compensation, and that Valley waived his sufficiency challenge by failing to make a timely dismissal motion at the close of the evidence.