B.M. v. State

FRANK, Judge.

The juvenile appellant, B.M., has appealed from an order holding him in direct criminal contempt. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The conduct giving rise to the contempt charges occurred at the conclusion of a proceeding in which the trial court ordered that accusations against B.M. should be tried in the adult division. After the court’s pronouncement and the calling of the next case, B.M. muttered two obscenities which inspired the trial court then and there to find B.M. guilty of contempt and immediately sentence him to ninety days in jail. B.M. reacted by sticking his…