GILMOUR v. STATE

No. 77-440.

358 So.2d 63 (1978)

James GILMOUR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horton, Perse & Ginsberg, Miami, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Alan E. Weinstein, Miami Beach, for Florida Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association, as amicus curiae.

Before KEHOE, J., BOYD, JOSEPH A., JR., Associate Judge and CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.), Associate Judge.


CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.), Associate Judge.

This appeal is by James Gilmour, an attorney, from a judgment holding him in contempt of the circuit court of Dade County, for which he was sentenced to be confined in the county jail for eight days and was fined $500.00. Enforcement has been deferred pending his appeal. We hold the judgment of contempt was error, and reverse.

The incident forming the basis of the contempt judgment took place during a jury trial of...

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