M.L. v. STATE

No. 2D01-4766.

819 So.2d 240 (2002)

M.L., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 12, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brett McIntosh, Special Assistant Public Defender, Sarasota, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jonathan P. Hurley, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


COVINGTON, Judge.

The appellant, M.L., a juvenile, challenges a direct criminal contempt judgment entered against him for purportedly giving perjured testimony in a juvenile case. We reverse.

M.L. was called as a defense witness in a juvenile proceeding. At the close of the adjudicatory hearing in the juvenile proceeding, the trial court found that the State's witnesses were credible, truthful, and accurate. The juvenile defendant was thus found guilty of...

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