WELCH v. STATE

No. FF-233.

359 So.2d 508 (1978)

Carlton L. WELCH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlton Welch, in pro. per., Jacksonville, and Joseph C. Jacobs, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

A lawyer appeals from a judgment of contempt and a sentence to pay a fine or be jailed, entered after appropriate proceedings on an order to show cause why he should not be adjudged in contempt for departing his client's trial on a criminal charge, during the jury's deliberations, without leave of court. The lawyer left to keep a bowling date. He claims to have supposed from a conversation with the judge, concerning his bowling date, his hope for an early...

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