BLOUNT v. SPEARS

No. 3D01-854.

779 So.2d 672 (2001)

Richard BLOUNT, Petitioner, v. Lois SPEARS, Director, Dade County Department of Corrections, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 3, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Manuel Alvarez, Assistant Public Defender, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Frank J. Ingrassia, (Fort Lauderdale), Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and GREEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

At arraignment, the trial judge revoked the defendant's release to pretrial services supervision as directed by the committing magistrate at first appearance and ordered him held instead on the $9,000.00 standard bond solely because the defendant had addressed the court disrespectfully. As the state has candidly conceded, the action below—as opposed perhaps to a contempt proceeding—cannot be justified on such a ground. See Montgomery v...

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