CURTIS LEE HARRISON, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Starchk v. Wittenberg, 411 So. 2d 1000 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982)
  …ct criminal contempt is dismissed and appellant is discharged. The adjudication and sentence herein is REVERSED and appellant is DISCHARGED. COBB and SHARP, JJ., concur. . As to differences between civil and criminal contempt see Carter v. State, 409 So. 2d 127 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982). . See, e.g., Ex parte Biggers, 85 Fla. 322, 95 So. 763 (1923); Aiello v. State, 338 So. 2d 1101 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976); Phillips v. State, 147 So. 2d 163 (Fla. 3d DCA 1962).…
• Dowis v. State, 578 So. 2d 860 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991)
  …el. Marsh, 89 So. 2d 498 (Fla.1956); Seaboard Air Line R. Co. v. Tampa Southern R. Co., 101 Fla. 468, 134 So. 529 (1931); Broyles v. Broyles, 573 So. 2d 357 (Fla. 5th DCA 1990); Allman v. Johnson, 488 So. 2d 884 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986); Carter v. State, 409 So. 2d 127 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982); Coody v. Muszynski, 402 So. 2d 81 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981). The requirement of a purge provision as an adjunct to civil contempt coercion cannot be avoided by making the desired action a condition of probation as to a criminal contem…
• Pedroso v. State, 450 So. 2d 902 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984)
  …ontempt. We agree with the state. The purpose of a criminal contempt proceeding is to vindicate the authority of the court or to punish conduct that is in violation of a court order. Pugliese v, Pugliese, 347 So. 2d 422 (Fla.1977); Carter v. State, 409 So. 2d 127 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982). The purpose of a civil contempt proceeding is to coerce action or nonaction by a party. Pugliese; Carter. In the present case, the appellant’s conduct, his refusal to follow the court’s order to comply with the subpoena duces te…

Authorities Cited

• Harrison v. Louie L. Wainwright, 408 So. 2d 800 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982)