Legal Opinion

White v. Junior

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 17, 2017No. 17-0963Published

1Opinion of the CourtEmas, J.

Travis White files this petition for .writ of habeas corpus, following the trial court’s entry of a judgment of direct criminal contempt, sentencing White to seven days in jail. We grant the petition..

The cause pending below is a dependen¿y proceeding involving White’s Son, T’D. White is seeking custody of his son and, during ¿ ' hearing on April 25, 2017, the trial court ordered White to submit to a drug test 1 and then to return to court. White left' the courtroom and the courts bailiff instructed White where to go for the court-ordered drug test. White did not return to the courtroom, and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Goral v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
  3. Noel Plank v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2016
  4. State of Florida v. Alex Diaz de la PortillaSupreme Court of Florida · 2015
  5. Russ v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993

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