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KIDWELL v. STATE

No. 96-3423.

696 So.2d 399 (1997)

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and Clarification Denied July 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford L. Bohrer of Holland & Knight, Miami, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Robert Rivas and Florence Snyder Rivas of Rivas & Rivas, Boca Raton, and Jane E. Kirtley, Gregg P. Leslie and Tina Burnside, Arlington, VA, for amicus curiae, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, Virginia.

FARMER, Judge.

At bottom, the issue raised in this contempt proceeding is identical to that decided by this court in Gold Coast Publications Inc. v. State, 669 So.2d 316 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996). We, of course, follow our recent precedent, which means that we affirm the judgment of contempt.

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