S.B. v. STATE

No. 5D06-3694.

940 So.2d 576 (2006)

S.B., a Child, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

October 27, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Wesley, Public Defender and Jessica C.R. Buonauro, Assistant Public Defender, Orlando for Petitioner.

Charles J. Christ, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and. Jeffrey R. Casey, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

We grant the petition for writ of habeas corpus as the trial court summarily adjudicated and sentenced Petitioner for direct contempt without providing Petitioner an opportunity to be heard on the matter, nor present any "evidence of excusing or mitigating circumstances."1 Fla. R. Juv. P. 8.150(a); M.L. v. State, 819 So.2d 240 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002). The trial court shall, within three...

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