WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 4D16-1720.

222 So.3d 596 (2017)

Hermon WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 12, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and James W. McIntire , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Matthew Steven Ocksrider , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


In this appeal, Appellant challenges three adjudications of direct criminal contempt imposed by the court after Appellant went on a vulgar and disrespectful tirade during a calendar call. We affirm the first adjudication of contempt, but reverse the second and third adjudications.

Although a defendant may lawfully be charged...

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