Williams v. State

STEVENSON, Judge.

Appellant, Roger Lee Williams, was convicted of aggravated stalking and was also found in contempt for violation of a domestic violence injunction. Williams appeals the trial court’s order denying his sworn motion to dismiss on double jeopardy grounds. We affirm.

The first issue in this appeal is whether a defendant held in contempt for violating a domestic violence injunction may be prosecuted later for a substantive offense stemming from the same conduct that gave rise to the contempt adjudication. We agree with the recent analysis of this issue by the Second District Court…