Keezel v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently November 2016
20 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Sibron v. State of New York Peters · St. Pierre v. United States · 321 So. 2d 453 - McDonald v. State · United States v. Schrimsher · 327 So. 2d 896 - Jacobs v. State
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A criminal contempt may be punished summarily if the court saw or heard the conduct constituting the contempt committed in the actual presence of the court. The judgment of guilt of contempt shall include a recital of those facts upon which the adjudication of guilt is based. Prior to the adjudication of guilt the judge shall inform the defendant of the accusation against him and inquire as to whether he has any cause to show why he should not be adjudged guilty of contempt by the Court and sentenced therefor. The defendant shall be given the opportunity to present evidence of excusing or mitigating circumstances. The judgment shall be signed by the judge and entered of record. Sentence shall be pronounced in open court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“This conviction would be especially damaging if [the attorney] were ever again accused of being in contempt of court. Conviction for contempt of court could also have serious adverse career consequences for [the attorney]. His conviction could prove a basis for disciplinary action by a bar association. Opportunities for appointment to the bench or to other high office might be foreclosed as a result of this blot upon his record. The conviction might damage [the attorney’s] reputation in the legal community, and this in turn might affect his ability to attract clients and to represent them effectively, especially in open court. In light of these possible collateral consequences, [the attorney’s] appeal is not ‘abstract, feigned, or hypothetical’ so as to justify dismissal for mootness.” [Keezel v. State, 358 So.2d 247, 249 (Fla. Dist.Ct.App.1978), quoting United States v. Schrimsher (In re Charles D. Butts, Attorney at Law) 493 F.2d 842 (5th Cir. 1974) (citations omitted).]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Matter of Evans“This rule is frequently violated we would suppose due to the circumstances and atmosphere which frequently prevail in direct contempt situations. Often the trial judge has been provoked ... by other conduct which tries his patience. But patience is one of the characteristics which go to make up a good judicial temperament. Adjudicating a person, and particularly a lawyer, in contempt is a serious matter to be approached judiciously. No doubt that is why the rule requires that the person be afforded an opportunity to explain his conduct before being adjudicated guilty. Keezel may or not have been guilty of contempt, but the adjudication here was premature and must be reversed so that Keezel will be afforded the opportunities granted by the rule to explain his conduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.