E.H. v. STATE

No. 97-00048.

711 So.2d 1331 (1998)

E.H., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and John S. Lynch, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Deborah F. Hogge, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


PATTERSON, Judge.

E.H. challenges an order holding him in indirect criminal contempt of court. We reverse the order because, as the State concedes, the trial court did not follow the procedures set forth in Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.150(b) to hold E.H. in indirect criminal contempt of court.

It appears from the record that the trial court never issued an order to show cause, which must be served on the defendant to initiate indirect criminal contempt...

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