Alan v. State

We review contempt orders for abuse of discretion. See Thomas v. State, 752 So.2d 679, 685 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). But a “ ‘judge cannot base contempt upon noncompliance with something an order does not say.’ Under such circumstances, the standard of review is legal error, not abuse of discretion.” DeMello v. Buckman, 914 So.2d 1090, 1093 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005) (quoting Keitel v. Keitel, 716 So.2d 842, 845 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)).

More than a year after appellant appeared as defense counsel in a criminal trial, the circuit court found him in contempt of court, and sentenced him to five months and…