O'Brien v. State

MAGER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Criminal Court of Record for Palm Beach County, Florida, holding the appellant, William C. O’Brien, in contempt of court and sentencing him to a prison term of one year.

The appellant was tried on a felony charge in the Criminal Court of Record for Palm Beach County, Florida. After he was convicted, the appellant appealed to the Fourth District Court of Appeal on April 8, 1968. While that appeal was pending, the appellant filed in the trial court a motion seeking to have the trial judge, Judge Vaughn Rudnick, and the public defender held in…