Tufts v. State

Full title: MICHAEL TUFTS, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Oct 28, 1981

405 So. 2d 269 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

Opinion

No. 80-2043.

October 28, 1981.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Broward County; Lawrence L. Korda, Judge.

Jeffrey M. Harris, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Mark Horn, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant's conviction for direct criminal contempt is reversed upon the authority of Harris v. United States, 382 U.S. 162, 86 S.Ct. 352, 15 L.Ed.2d 240 (1965) and Pendley v. State, 392 So.2d 321 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978), and the cause is remanded for further proceedings.

DOWNEY, ANSTEAD and HURLEY, JJ., concur.