LETTS, Judge.
On appeal is an order of direct criminal contempt entered against the Broward County State Attorney's office for "deliberately and repeatedly" announcing it was ready for trial when it knew full well it was not. We reverse.
The underlying criminal case against twelve defendants involved many defense lawyers and essentially three state attorneys. After the controversy had already dragged on for well over a year, at a February 23, 1990 hearing...
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