McCoy v. State

Robert McCoy appeals an order adjudicating him guilty of indirect criminal contempt after he utilized inmate mail to send the trial judge an order containing an alleged “forgery” of her signature. We reverse the conviction because there was no competent and substantial evidence that McCoy filled out the proposed order, provided to him by officials at the jail, with the intent to deceive the trial judge, or anyone else, into believing the order had been executed by the trial judge. See Martin v. State, 728 So.2d 775, 776 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999) (“To overcome a defendant’s motion for judgment of…