Swain v. State

This case involves two adjudications of direct criminal contempt stemming from profane and rude comments made by the Appellant during a change of plea healing. Appellant raises four challenges to his adjudications and sentences: (1) he lacked the necessary intent for his first contempt charge; (2) his two charges should have been one charge because they were part of a continuous series of events; (3) the trial *251court erred by not strictly following the procedures of Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.830; and (4) the trial court erred in imposing various fees and costs. As explained below,…