2005 Idaho Code - 18-1801 — CRIMINAL CONTEMPTS

                                  TITLE  18
                            CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
                                  CHAPTER 18
                                  CONTEMPTS
    18-1801.  CRIMINAL CONTEMPTS. Every person guilty of any contempt of
court, of either of the following kinds, is guilty of a misdemeanor:
    1.  Disorderly, contemptuous or insolent behavior committed during the
sitting of any court of justice, in immediate view and presence of the court
and directly tending to interrupt its proceedings or to impair the respect due
to its authority.
    2.  Behavior of the like character committed in the presence of any
referee, while actually engaged in any trial or hearing, pursuant to the order
of any court, or in the presence of any jury, while actually sitting for the
trial of a cause, or upon any inquest or other proceeding authorized by law.
    3.  Any breach of the peace, noise or other disturbance directly tending
to interrupt the proceedings of any court.
    4.  Wilful disobedience of any process or order lawfully issued by any
court.
    5.  Resistance wilfully offered by any person to the lawful order or
process of any court.
    6.  The contumacious and unlawful refusal of any person to be sworn as a
witness; or, when so sworn, the like refusal to answer any material question.

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