JONES v. STATE

No. 3D20-287.

307 So.3d 896 (2020)

Demetrius Antwon JONES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed September 23, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos J. Martinez , Public Defender, and Stephen J. Weinbaum , Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, and Kseniya Smychkouskaya , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before EMAS, C.J., and SCALES and LOBREE, JJ.


Appellant Demetrius Antwon Jones appeals an order holding him in direct criminal contempt. The trial court imposed a 180-day sentence after Jones uttered a profanity during a hearing on his counsel's motion to withdraw from representing him, and then tried to leave the courtroom without the trial court's permission. We affirm because the trial...

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