Davis v. State

Appellant appeals the final judgment of the trial court finding him guilty of indirect criminal contempt. While appellant raised numerous issues in this appeal, we find the evidence of appellant’s intent to act contemptuously insufficient and reverse on that issue alone.

The circumstantial evidence relied upon to establish that appellant’s acts were calculated to embarass, hinder or obstruct the court was insufficient because the evidence of those acts was not inconsistent with any reasonable hypothesis of innocence. Garcia v. Pinellas County, 483 So.2d 443 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986); Thomson v.…