G.G.J. v. State

We reverse G.G.J.’s adjudication for direct criminal contempt of court for failure to appear at a docket call. An appellate court reviews an order of direct criminal contempt under an abuse of discretion standard. Haynes v. State, 944 So.2d 417, 420 n. 3 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006) (citation omitted). An order of direct criminal contempt for failure to appear requires a showing that the failure to appear was willful. Carter v. State, 954 So.2d 1185, 1186 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007). The state presented no evidence that G.G.J. willfully failed to appear. Therefore, the circuit court abused its discretion in…