BROOKS v. STATE

No. 76-724.

350 So.2d 517 (1977)

Jerome BROOKS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 4, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Craig S. Barnard, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Basil S. Diamond and Benedict P. Kuehne, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


DAUKSCH, Judge.

We review an Order adjudging Appellant in direct criminal contempt and reverse. The trial judge ordered the Appellant to give handwriting exemplars to the State for comparison purposes. This was an oral order later reduced to writing. The Order did not specify any time within which the Appellant was to furnish the exemplars, it did not specify a place to furnish the exemplars nor did it specify to whom the exemplars were to be furnished. It said: ...

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