HUNT v. STATE

No. 94-2384.

659 So.2d 363 (1995)

Alena M. HUNT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis O. Frost, Jr., Public Defender and Ward L. Metzger, Asst. Public Defender, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Mark Menser, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant, Alena Hunt, was found in indirect criminal contempt for violating a post-dissolution "no contact" injunction. We reverse.

The order to show cause, which initiated the contempt proceedings, was based upon a signed but unsworn police report. Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.840(a) requires that the show cause order be based upon an affidavit or sworn testimony of an individual having personal knowledge of the essential facts. ...

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