Ex Parte Collins

Clifford Larry Collins appealed from a divorce judgment (Alabama Court of Civil Appeals case no. 2010283) and a subsequent conviction for criminal contempt resulting from a violation of the divorce judgment (Alabama Court of Civil Appeals case no. 2010611). The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals consolidated both appeals and affirmed the judgments without opinion. Collins v. Collins, (Nos. 2010283 and 2010611, Oct. 4, 2002) ___ So.2d ___ (Ala.Civ.App. 2002) (table). We granted Collins's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the criminal-contempt conviction and the trial court's award of…