VERNELL v. STATE EX REL. GERSTEIN

No. 67-619.

212 So.2d 11 (1968)

Louis VERNELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida ex rel. Richard E. GERSTEIN, State Attorney for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied July 31, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton E. Grusmark, Miami Beach, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Harold Mendelow, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before CHARLES CARROLL, C.J., and PEARSON and HENDRY, JJ.


CHARLES CARROLL, Chief Judge.

The appellant, a practicing attorney, was adjudged guilty of indirect criminal contempt in the criminal court of record of Dade County. The penalty imposed was a fine of $500. On this appeal therefrom he presents four points.

The first contention is that the rule to show cause was improvidently issued because it was not predicated on an affidavit of one having knowledge of the alleged facts. Secondly, appellant contends he was...

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