ROBERT DENNIS JOHNSON, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Levine v. State, 650 So. 2d 666 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995)
  …rders, we have held that there must be an order which clearly and definitely makes a person aware of the court’s command and direction. Barnes v. State, 588 So. 2d 1076, 1077 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991) (citing American Pioneer Casualty Ins. Co. v. Henrion, 523 So. 2d 776, 777 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988)). Moreover, there must be proof beyond a reasonable doubt that the individual intended to disobey the court. Barnes, 588 So. 2d at 1077 (citing Florida Ventilated Awning Co. v. Dickson, 67 So. 2d 218 (Fla.1953)). In the ins…
• Northstar Invs. & Dev., Inc. v. Pobaco, Inc., 691 So. 2d 565 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997)
  …w obstruction. A party may not be held in contempt of court for violation of an order or a provision of a judgment which is not clear and definite so as to make the party aware of its command and direction. American Pioneer Cas. Ins. Co. v. Henrion, 523 So. 2d 776 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988). North-star should not have been found to be in contempt. In Miranda v. Miranda, 566 So. 2d 16 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990), the former husband was ordered to take whatever action was necessary to reinstate the former wife’s membership i…
• Smith v. State, 954 So. 2d 1191 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007)
  …of contempt is based upon a violation of a court order, that order must be one which clearly and definitely makes the person aware of its command. Barnes v. State, 588 So. 2d 1076, 1077 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991); American Pioneer Cas. Ins. Co. v. Henrion, 523 So. 2d 776 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988); Lawrence v. Lawrence, 384 So. 2d 279 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980); Kranis v. Kranis, 313 So. 2d 135 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975). Moreover, there must be evidence of the individual’s intent to disobey the court’s order, or “that he or she was guil…