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Miranda v. Spears

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jun 2, 1999
732 So. 2d 52 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Opinion

No. 99-1034

Opinion filed June 2, 1999.

A Case of Original Jurisdiction — Habeas Corpus, L.T. No. 96-2539.

Alexander Kapetanakis, Coral Gables, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Keith S. Kromash, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Before GERSTEN, FLETCHER and SHEVIN, JJ.


We grant the petition to the extent that petitioner received insufficient notice that he was facing criminal contempt charges. We therefore reverse the criminal contempt finding and sentence, "with leave for the lower court to conduct further proceedings after giving the [petitioner] notice of an intention to pursue a charge of criminal contempt." Young v. Wood-Cohen, 727 So.2d 322, 323 (Fla.4th DCA 1999).


Summaries of

Miranda v. Spears

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jun 2, 1999
732 So. 2d 52 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)
Case details for

Miranda v. Spears

Case Details

Full title:EDDY R. MIRANDA, Petitioner, v. LOIS SPEARS, as Director, Miami-Dade…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jun 2, 1999

Citations

732 So. 2d 52 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)