Bradley v. State

420 So.2d 417 (1982)

Alan V. BRADLEY, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. AJ-265.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 14, 1982.

Melanie Ann Hines, Asst. Public Defender and Garry D. Adel, Legal Intern, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Barbara Ann Butler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jacksonville, for appellee.

SHAW, Judge.

Appellant appeals a judgment holding him in contempt of court for failing to provide handwriting exemplars. He urges that the trial court committed reversible error in conducting the show cause hearing in his absence. We agree…