District Court of Appeal of Florida

Conviction and sentence for criminal contempt are reversed where the trial judge committed fundamental error by not allowing a presentation of evidence of mitigating circumstances or a discussion of why a particular sentence should not be imposed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/10/2006
• Published 05/10/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before LEVY, GERSTEN, and FLETCHER, JJ.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Godfrey, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and William J. Selinger, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.