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R.C. v. STATE

No. 94-2064.

648 So.2d 1258 (1995)

R.C., a Juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 1, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Julie M. Levitt and Donald Tunnage, Sp. Asst. Public Defenders, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Joni Braunstein, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and GODERICH, JJ.

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

On the way into the courtroom for his delinquency hearing, the juvenile appellant kicked the courtroom door. When the bailiff, who was following him, told him not to do that, R.C. told him in return to "go f____k yourself."1 We hold that the trial judge properly found, on the basis of this conduct, that R.C. was guilty of direct criminal contempt. In our view, even though the incident occurred technically outside...

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