District Court of Appeal of Florida

A conviction for indirect criminal contempt is reversed where the order to show cause at issue was not based on a proper affidavit, as the affidavits filed in support of the order to show cause were not based on the officers' personal knowledge of the facts, nor did the victim provide a sworn statement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/17/2007
• Published 01/17/2007

Judges

• NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Cynthia J. Dodge, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jonathan P. Hurley, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.