JAMES BRANDON SMITH
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2020-02-21
No. 19-3188
Barbour, J., Cohen, J., Edwards, J., Grosshans, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2020)

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Holding

The trial court properly denied appellant's Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief.


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James Brandon Smith appealed the denial of his Rule 3.850 postconviction relief motion in an Orange County criminal case from 2011.…

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Opinion of the Court
Grosshans

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO

FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND

DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

JAMES BRANDON SMITH,

Appellant,

v. Case No. 5D19-3188

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

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Opinion filed February 21, 2020

3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Elaine A. Barbour, Judge.

James Brandon Smith, Clermont, pro se.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Allison L. Morris, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant appeals the trial court’s denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief in Orange County Circuit Court Case No. 2011-CF- 015915-A-O. We affirm the trial court’s order and caution him that abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous filings directed to Orange County Circuit Court Case No. 2011-CF- 015915-A-O may result in sanctions such as a bar on future pro se filings in this court and

2 referral to prison officials for disciplinary proceedings, which may include forfeiture of gain time. See § 944.279(1), Fla. Stat. (2019); State v. Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47, 48 (Fla. 1999).

AFFIRMED.

COHEN, EDWARDS, and GROSSHANS, JJ., concur.


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