Allen v. State

Grace ALLEN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 18, 1999.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1999-08-18

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently October 2004

3 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“scrivener's error” in the written order that adjudicated the appellant in contempt for”

quoted by 1 later decision, including 761 So. 2d 1015 - Amendments to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.111(e) & 3.800

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Decided 1999-08-18

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¶1Grace Allen, in proper person.

¶2Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, for appellee.

¶3Before JORGENSON, GREEN, and SHEVIN, JJ.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5The trial court held the appellant in direct criminal contempt and imposed a six month jail sentence against her for failure to testify for the state pursuant to a trial subpoena. We find no error in this regard and affirm the same. We do, however, remand this cause for the correction of an apparent scrivener's error in the written order which adjudicates the appellant in contempt for "jailing polygraph exam."

¶6Affirmed in part and remanded in part with instructions.