Case Name: Keith BARNHILL, a/k/a Donald Ray Barnhill, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-09-22
Citations: 438 So. 2d 175
Docket Number: No. AQ-330
Parties: Keith BARNHILL, a/k/a Donald Ray Barnhill, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: MILLS and ZEHMER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 438
Pages: 175–175

Head Matter:
Keith BARNHILL, a/k/a Donald Ray Barnhill, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. AQ-330.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Sept. 22, 1983.
Glenna Joyce Reeves, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Andrew Thomas, Asst.- Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
SHIVERS, Judge.
We affirm appellant's conviction for indirect criminal contempt. The petition for a rule to show cause filed by the State Attorney was sufficient to comply with the requirements of Rule 3.840(a)(1), Fla.R. Crim.P. See Vernell v. State, 212 So.2d 11 (Fla. 3d DCA 1968); Starchk v. Wittenberg, 411 So.2d 1000 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982). Moreover, the requirements of Rule 3.840(a)(6) were met in this case by the trial judge orally stating on the record the underlying facts constituting the contempt. See generally Adams v. State, 376 So.2d 47 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979) and Phipps v. State, 352 So.2d 102 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977).
AFFIRMED.
MILLS and ZEHMER, JJ., concur.