Legal Opinion

Cunningham v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 16, 1977No. 76-2136PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANSTEAD, Judge.

This is the second appearance of this case in this court, the first resulting in the af-firmance of the conviction of the appellant, F. Malcolm Cunningham, a lawyer, for indirect criminal contempt.1 This is an appeal from the sentence imposed for that conviction.

On May 5, 1975, Cunningham was tried and found guilty by the court without a jury. The trial court deferred pronouncement of sentence and ordered a presentence investigation. A written judgment of conviction was entered on May 8, and a motion for rehearing was denied on May 20, 1975. Thereafter, Cunningham appealed the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Aaron v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  2. State v. BatehSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
  3. Helton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1958
  4. Drayton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1965
  5. State Ex Rel. Shotkin v. BuchananDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Thomas v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
  2. Batch v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  3. Dickens v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
  4. Spooner v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1978
  5. Eric Desmond Parrish v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2026

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