Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided September 15, 1993No. 92-01317PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
624 So.2d 782 (1993)
Jose P. HERNANDEZ, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 92-01317.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
September 15, 1993.
James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Tonja R. Vickers, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Sue R. Henderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.
ALTENBERND, Judge.
Jose P. Hernandez appeals a conviction for indirect criminal contempt. We conclude that the conviction for criminal contempt violates double jeopardy because the state had already prosecuted Mr. Hernandez…
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