Legal Opinion

Keezel v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 9, 1978No. 77-863PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

358 So.2d 247 (1978)

Edward F. KEEZEL, II, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 77-863.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 9, 1978.

James K. Freeland, Orlando, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Basil S. Diamond and John D. Cecilian, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

DOWNEY, Chief Judge.

The trial judge found Keezel, a lawyer, guilty of two instances of criminal contempt arising out of Keezel's representation of a defendant in a criminal case.

The first alleged contempt occurred when Keezel arrived for trial twenty-five minutes late.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. St. Pierre v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. McDonald v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
  4. United States v. David R. Schrimsher, in Re Charles D. Butts, Attorney at LawCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  5. Jacobs v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Godwin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
  2. Peters v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
  3. Mazer v. Orange CountyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  4. State Ex Rel. Garlovsky v. EastmooreDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  5. Martin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998

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