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Margules v. Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Apr 30, 2008
981 So. 2d 553 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

Opinion

No. 3D07-2119.

April 30, 2008.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Scott M. Bernstein, Judge.

Entin Delia Fera, Fort Lauderdale; Greene, Smith Associates and Cynthia L. Greene, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Rolando A. Soler, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before GREEN, SUAREZ, and SALTER, JJ.


ON CONFESSION OF ERROR


Scott Margules, a member of The Florida Bar, appeals a circuit court order adjudicating and sentencing him in direct criminal contempt of the circuit court.

Based upon the appellee's confession of error that (1) the alleged false testimony did not have an obstructive effect and (2) the circuit court did not have judicial knowledge of the falsity of the testimony, we reverse the order below and remand this matter to the trial court with instructions to vacate the order. See Diaz v. State, 845 So.2d 336, 336 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003); D.V. v. State, 817 So.2d 1098, 1099 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002).

Reversed and remanded with instructions.


Summaries of

Margules v. Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Apr 30, 2008
981 So. 2d 553 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)
Case details for

Margules v. Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida

Case Details

Full title:Scott MARGULES, Appellant, v. The ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT OF…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Apr 30, 2008

Citations

981 So. 2d 553 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)