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JENKINS v. WESSEL

No. 4D00-2266.

780 So.2d 1006 (2001)

Carl JENKINS, Appellant, v. The Honorable John D. WESSEL, Judge of the Circuit Court, and Julie Cloud, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 28, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Duncan of Roth & Duncan, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Charles M. Fahlbusch, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee-The Honorable John D. Wessel, Judge of the Circuit Court.

GROSS, J.

Carl Jenkins appeals his conviction for direct criminal contempt for refusing to answer questions posed to him in a hearing concerning an injunction for protection against repeat violence. See § 784.046, Fla. Stat. (2000). We reverse the conviction, holding that Jenkins properly invoked his privilege against selfincrimination secured by the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

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