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GORDON v. STATE

No. 4D04-4432.

960 So.2d 31 (2007)

Jay GORDON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 8, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, Margaret Good-Earnest and Tatiana Bertsch, Assistant Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

GROSS, J.

Jay Gordon appeals a number of orders from an indirect criminal contempt proceeding arising from a family law case. We agree with Gordon on one issue—that in this unique case, the trial court erred in failing to appoint the public defender to represent him at a contempt hearing and at sentencing—and reverse for a new contempt hearing with appointed counsel. We reject his other attacks on the proceedings and affirm the circuit court on those...

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