JONES v. STATE

No. 94-2612.

659 So.2d 1281 (1995)

David JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Ian Seldin, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Edward L. Giles, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for direct criminal contempt which the court imposed after the defendant responded with an alias when the sentencing judge asked him his name. We reverse.

Defendant's legal name is James David Smith, yet he goes by a number of aliases including the name "David Jones". It was under this latter name that he was charged with attempted burglary, and it was this name that he signed on the first appearance...

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