Is indirect criminal contempt a felony?

[quincy]

So many thanks.
"Have you ignored any previous court orders? " yes, I ignored a previous warning also, on this matter. This is second time and the judge sent me to jail for a day, as I explained.

I was thinking there must have been an additional something for the judge to charge criminal contempt. Ignoring a judge’s order once is bad. Ignoring a judge’s order twice can make a judge very unhappy, as you learned.

Thank you for answering my question.

 

[Bali Hai Again]

So does OP answer yes or no to the felony conviction on the application? An employer might want to know that a future employee won’t follow orders and cause disciplinary issues. Or was it just that the judge threw a tantrum and tossed OP in jail because the orders were flouted and that is acceptable at work (if it is an application for work)?

 

[Zigner]

So does OP answer yes or no to the felony conviction on the application? An employer might want to know that a future employee won’t follow orders and cause disciplinary issues. Or was it just that the judge threw a tantrum and tossed OP in jail because the orders were flouted and that is acceptable at work (if it is an application for work)?

The application asks if there has been a felony conviction. The application doesn't ask if the employee won't follow orders or if he won't cause disciplinary issues. There is no felony conviction, so it should be obvious what the answer should be.

 

[quincy]

donalds777 should be able to answer “no” to the question asked IF donalds777’s only offense has been to violate the court orders as described by him here (i.e., twice failed to return items to ex-wife) and IF he has nothing else in his background history that has resulted in a criminal conviction (i.e., he has not at any time in the past been convicted on a felony charge). The contempt of court on its own would not be a felony. The contempt of court is used to compel a court-order-violator to obey the order, through the issuance as punishment for the violation a fine and possible imprisonment.

 

[zddoodah]

I was arrested and sent to jail for a day in the past for indirect criminal contempt in Florida. Except [for] this, I was never arrested or sent to jail. Now I am filing an application in which I need to answer a question: do I have a felony conviction (YES / NO)?

Based on what you have posted (as clarified), you have not had a felony conviction.

 

[quincy]

Based on what you have posted (as clarified), you have not had a felony conviction.

At least, he does not have a felony conviction based solely on the contempt of court arrest and jail time.

 

[donalds777]

Thank you, I learned lesson.

In future, once I apply for jobs, they do criminal background check. My indirect criminal contempt, which “wasn't even a misdemeanor conviction” as LdiJ said, will show up in my criminal background check?

 

[quincy]

Thank you, I learned lesson.

In future, once I apply for jobs, they do criminal background check. My indirect criminal contempt, which “wasn't even a misdemeanor conviction” as LdiJ said, will show up in my criminal background check?

It shouldn’t.