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Speer v. State

Citations

  • 742 So. 2d 373
  • 1999 WL 629193

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  • holding that the “failure to appear in court pursuant to a court order can constitute direct criminal contempt.”
  • opining that the failure to appear in court pursuant to a court order can constitute direct criminal contempt
  • reversing direct criminal contempt order for failure to appear where nothing in record indicated appellant had been ordered to appear
  • treating the failure to appear as direct criminal contempt, but holding there was insufficient evidence to support the contempt order
  • treating the failure to appear as direct criminal contempt, but holding there was insufficient evidence to support the contempt order
  • A judgment of contempt for failure to appear requires reversal where the record does not indicate that the defendant was ordered to appear in court.

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Judges: Per Curiam

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