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Givner v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Apr 25, 1990
559 So. 2d 466 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

Summary

holding that serving order to show cause on “the 26th for a contempt hearing on the 29th was insufficient notice”

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Opinion

No. 89-1996.

April 25, 1990.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Broward County; Leroy H. Moe, Judge.

R.H. Bo Hitchcock of Hitchcock Cunningham, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Joan Fowler and Deborah Guller, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


We reverse and remand with direction to rehear the matter pursuant to reasonable notice. Any contempt of appellant for failure to answer a state attorney's questions pursuant to subpoena outside of the court's presence would be indirect, not direct, contempt. See Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.830. Serving the order on the 26th for a contempt hearing on the 29th was insufficient notice. See Goral v. State, 553 So.2d 1282 (Fla.3d DCA 1989). Any contempt judgment must set forth the facts which constitute the contempt, which the judgment here failed to do. See Folsom v. Folsom, 509 So.2d 1330 (Fla.2d DCA 1987).

GLICKSTEIN, DELL and GARRETT, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Givner v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Apr 25, 1990
559 So. 2d 466 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

holding that serving order to show cause on “the 26th for a contempt hearing on the 29th was insufficient notice”

Summary of this case from Korn v. Korn
Case details for

Givner v. State

Case Details

Full title:EUGENE GIVNER, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Apr 25, 1990

Citations

559 So. 2d 466 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

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