WELLS v. STATE

No. 84-1616.

471 So.2d 620 (1985)

Dennis WELLS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

June 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Wells, pro se.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Gary W. Tinsley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


DAUKSCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment punishing appellant, a lawyer, for contempt of court. The judgment required the payment of a small fine for direct criminal contempt for willful violation of a direct order limiting the time for final argument in a jury trial.

Appellant was an assistant public defender representing a person accused of aggravated assault. At the conclusion of the testimony the trial judge inquired of both lawyers as to how much...

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