Legal Opinion
Dowis v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided May 2, 1991No. 90-250PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
578 So.2d 860 (1991)
James P. DOWIS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 90-250.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
May 2, 1991.
Joseph W. DuRocher, Public Defender, and Louis Lorincz, Chief Asst. Public Defender, Orlando, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and David G. Mersch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.
2Per curiam
We reverse the appealed order in this case because it confuses in one order concepts of criminal and civil contempt and fails to conform to legal requirements relating to each concept.
In the context of a civil domestic case…
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- Allman v. JohnsonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
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