Martinez v. State

976 So.2d 1222 (2008)

Dennis Henry MARTINEZ, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 4D06-4928.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 26, 2008.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Tom Wm. Odom, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Thomas A. Palmer, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Appellant Dennis Henry Martinez appeals a conviction for indirect criminal contempt[1] for his failure to appear at a sentencing hearing, asserting the trial court erred in failing to give him…