Saridakis v. State

Appellant, Jaeovis Saridakis, was found guilty of indirect criminal contempt for violating a “no-contact” order with his former wife and was ordered to serve a one-year term of probation. Appellant raises a single issue on appeal, arguing that because criminal contempt is not specifically designated as a first degree misdemeanor, it is a misdemeanor of the second degree and, as a result, his one-year probation term exceeds the statutory maximum. See § 775.081(2), Fla. Stat. (“Any crime declared by statute to be a misdemeanor without specification of degree is of the second degree.”); §…