Brooks v. State

DAUKSCH, Judge.

We review an Order adjudging Appellant in direct criminal contempt and reverse. The trial judge ordered the Appellant to give handwriting exemplars to the State for comparison purposes. This was an oral order later reduced to writing. The Order did not specify any time within which the Appellant was to furnish the exemplars, it did not specify a place to furnish the exemplars nor did it specify to whom the exemplars were to be furnished. It said: “The State’s Motion for Handwriting Exemplars is granted.” Also, the Motion did not specify to whom, where and when the exemplars…