Case Name: Steve MATHIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1975-09-05
Citations: 317 So. 2d 778
Docket Number: No. 74-782
Parties: Steve MATHIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BOARDMAN, Acting C. J., and SCHEB, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 317
Pages: 778–778

Head Matter:
Steve MATHIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 74-782.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Sept. 5, 1975.
James A. Gardner, Public Defender, Sarasota, and Ellen Condon, Asst. Public Defender, Tampa, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
GRIMES, Judge.
While admitting that he told the undercover agents that the tablets he was offering were LSD, appellant claimed at his trial that they were really birth control pills. The state chemist said it was LSD and the jury agreed. Appellant's conviction and five-year sentence for illegal delivery of LSD is affirmed.
However, the adjudication and six-month sentence for direct criminal contempt must be set aside because the judge failed to follow the procedure prescribed by Rule 3.830, RCrP. Speller v. State, Fla.App.2d, 1974, 305 So.2d 231. Nothing herein shall preclude further proceedings on the charge of contempt.
Affirmed in part; reversed in part.
BOARDMAN, Acting C. J., and SCHEB, J., concur.