Riggs v. State

I respectfully dissent. Riggs petitions this court for certiorari review of the decision of the circuit court (sitting in its appellate capacity), which affirmed a county court’s adjudication holding him in direct criminal contempt and sentencing him to serve ten days in jail. We have jurisdiction.1 Because I do not think the county court followed Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.830, and because I do not think the act complained of (wearing a T-shirt with a vulgar slogan in traffic court) by itself can constitute criminal contempt, as a matter of substantive due process, I conclude that…