D.V. v. State

SCHEB, JOHN M., Senior Judge.

D.V., a juvenile, appeals from the trial court’s order holding him in direct criminal contempt of court. We reverse.

The State filed a petition in circuit court alleging that D.V. was a delinquent child based on his commission of criminal mischief, a first-degree misdemeanor. D.V. pleaded not guilty and the case proceeded to trial. After hearing the State’s three witnesses, followed by D.V. and two other defense witnesses, the court found D.V. *1099guilty of the lesser offense of second-degree misdemeanor criminal mischief.

Immediately after finding D.V. guilty, the…