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MARTINEZ v. STATE

No. 4D06-4928.

976 So.2d 1222 (2008)

Dennis Henry MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 26, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Tom Wm. Odom, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Thomas A. Palmer, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant Dennis Henry Martinez appeals a conviction for indirect criminal contempt1 for his failure to appear at a sentencing hearing, asserting the trial court erred in failing to give him formal notice that he was charged with the crime of indirect criminal contempt. We agree and reverse Martinez's conviction for indirect criminal contempt.

Rule 3.840 states, in relevant part:

Prior to the pronouncement...

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