Case Name: Sally MALONE, Appellant, v. Theodore B. MEADOW, Appellee; Sally MALONE, Petitioner, v. Larry A. BODIFORD, Circuit Judge for Gulf County, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1982-03-04
Citations: 411 So. 2d 263
Docket Number: Nos. AD-197, AC-323
Parties: Sally MALONE, Appellant, v. Theodore B. MEADOW, Appellee. Sally MALONE, Petitioner, v. Larry A. BODIFORD, Circuit Judge for Gulf County, Respondent.
Judges: ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., C. J., and THOMPSON and WIGGINTON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 411
Pages: 263–263

Head Matter:
Sally MALONE, Appellant, v. Theodore B. MEADOW, Appellee. Sally MALONE, Petitioner, v. Larry A. BODIFORD, Circuit Judge for Gulf County, Respondent.
Nos. AD-197, AC-323.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 4, 1982.
Rehearing Denied April 5, 1982.
Sally Malone, in pro. per.
Cecil G. Costin, Jr., Port St. Joe, for ap-pellee in No. AD-197.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
There is no error in the judgment that Malone is guilty of indirect criminal contempt. The appropriate fine for such an offense cannot exceed $500, however, and the fine here is excessive by $250. Section 775.02, Florida Statutes (1979); Aaron v. State, 284 So.2d 673 (Fla.1973). Nor are the restrictions on Malone's right of access to the courts through self-representation sustainable as in Shotkin v. Cohen, 163 So.2d 330 (Fla. 3d DCA 1964). The sentence to that extent is VACATED, but otherwise the judgment and sentence are AFFIRMED.
ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., C. J., and THOMPSON and WIGGINTON, JJ., concur.