08-13-2009, 06:29 AM
An Illinois man gets a rude awakening
when a judge gives him six months in jail for yawning in a courtroom.
Clifton Williams and his family are stunned by the harsh sentence --
the maximum typically issued for contempt-of-court charges --
and say the yawn was involuntary.
A court spokesman says Williams was willfully trying
to disrupt the court proceedings.
when a judge gives him six months in jail for yawning in a courtroom.
Clifton Williams and his family are stunned by the harsh sentence --
the maximum typically issued for contempt-of-court charges --
and say the yawn was involuntary.
A court spokesman says Williams was willfully trying
to disrupt the court proceedings.