Legal Opinion
Sewell v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided December 12, 1983No. AT-64PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
443 So.2d 164 (1983)
James SEWELL, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. AT-64.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
December 12, 1983.
Robert G. Kerrigan of Kerrigan, Estess & Rankin, Pensacola, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Wallace Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
MILLS, Judge.
Sewell appeals an order of the trial court finding him guilty of direct criminal contempt for failure to appear at the time set by the court for the commencement of a trial. He contends there is no evidence that he intended to interfere with the functioning of the court. We agree and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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