Rosenwater v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co.

Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.840(e) dictates a reversal in this case.

An attorney appeals a contempt order that arose during a foreclosure action. He argues the contempt order should be reversed because the trial judge should have disqualified himself from the hearing on the order to show cause, and in any event erred in finding him in contempt. We agree that under the facts of this case, the trial judge was required to disqualify him*1205self. This requires us to reverse and remand the contempt order for a new hearing before another judge, rendering the sufficiency of the evidence and…