MAY v. STATE

No. 90-02346.

623 So.2d 601 (1993)

James MAY, Sr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Stephen Krosschell, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Anne Y. Swing, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


THREADGILL, Judge.

James May, Sr., appeals an order of indirect criminal contempt for violating a special condition of a shelter order in this juvenile dependency action. We reverse because the contempt proceedings did not comport with due process as ensured by rule 8.280, Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure (1990).1

On June 8, 1990, the juvenile court entered a shelter order placing the appellant's five children in shelter care...

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