District Court of Appeal of Florida

Conviction and sentence for contempt of court are reversed and remanded with instructions to vacate where the court did not inform the accused of the charges, permit him to challenge the charges or allow him to present any mitigation of his conduct.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/22/2006
• Published 03/22/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before COPE, C.J., and RAMIREZ, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Bruce A. Rosenthal, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Jill K. Traina, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.