Noel Plank v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC14-414 ____________ NOEL PLANK, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. [March 17, 2016] PER CURIAM. The certified conflict issue in this case is whether an individual is entitled to counsel in direct criminal contempt proceedings before incarceration is imposed as punishment. The First District Court of Appeal rejected that argument in Plank v. State,

130 So. 3d 289, 290

(Fla. 1st DCA 2014), but certified that its decision is in direct conflict with the decisions of the Second District Court of Appeal in Al- Hakim v. State,

53 So. 3d 1171, 1174

(F…