D.V. v. STATE

No. 2D01-4486.

817 So.2d 1098 (2002)

D.V., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliott C. Metcalfe, Jr., Public Defender, and Christopher E. Cosden, Assistant Public Defender, Sarasota, for Appellant.

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


SCHEB, JOHN M., Senior Judge.

D.V., a juvenile, appeals from the trial court's order holding him in direct criminal contempt of court. We reverse.

The State filed a petition in circuit court alleging that D.V. was a delinquent child based on his commission of criminal mischief, a first-degree misdemeanor. D.V. pleaded not guilty and the case proceeded to trial. After hearing the State's three witnesses, followed by D.V. and two other defense witnesses, the...

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