BRADLEY v. STATE

No. AJ-265.

420 So.2d 417 (1982)

Alan V. BRADLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 14, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melanie Ann Hines, Asst. Public Defender and Garry D. Adel, Legal Intern, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Barbara Ann Butler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jacksonville, for appellee.


SHAW, Judge.

Appellant appeals a judgment holding him in contempt of court for failing to provide handwriting exemplars. He urges that the trial court committed reversible error in conducting the show cause hearing in his absence. We agree and reverse.

The facts are simple. Bradley was charged with forgery and uttering a forgery. The court ordered him to provide "any and all exemplars of his handwriting as deemed necessary." Exemplars were given but the State...

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