IVEY
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 1st DCA | 2025-01-29
No. 1D2024-0783
2025 FL 700 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2025)

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Synopsis

Tyrone Ivey appealed the dismissal of his habeas corpus petition challenging his 2020 convictions for attempted manslaughter, aggravated assault, and leaving the scene of a crash. The First District Court of Appeal affirmed the dismissal, finding Ivey's claims procedurally barred and untimely, and referred him for sanctions for filing frivolous appeals.


Holding

The court affirmed the dismissal of Ivey's habeas corpus petition because his claims are procedurally barred and untimely. Habeas corpus cannot be used for additional appeals of issues that could have been or were raised on direct appeal or in other postconviction motions.


Headnotes

[1] A habeas corpus petition seeking to collaterally attack a conviction is procedurally barred when the same issues could have been or were raised on direct appeal or in oth…

[2] A court may refer a pro se inmate to the Department of Corrections for sanctions under Florida Statute § 944.279 when the inmate files frivolous appeals without requiring…

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Ivey was convicted in 2020 of attempted manslaughter with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault, and leaving the scene of a crash involving injury in Ma…

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Opinion of the Court

January 29, 2025 PER CURIAM.

Tyrone Ivey appeals from an order dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Ivey sought to collaterally attack his 2020 convictions and sentences for attempted manslaughter with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault, and leaving the scene of a crash involving injury in Madison County Case Number 2018-CF-240. Ivey’s claims are procedurally barred and untimely. Finding no error by the circuit court, we affirm. See Green v. State, 975 So. 2d 1090, 1115 (Fla. 2008) (“Habeas corpus is not to be used for additional appeals of issues that could have been or were raised on appeal or in other postconviction motions.”).

This court’s records reflect that, along with this appeal, Ivey has at least three other pending appeals in our court raising the same or substantially similar arguments, including: 1D2024-2338, Ivey v. State (appealing an order dismissing a habeas petition with prejudice); 1D2024-0921, Ivey v. State, (appealing an order denying a motion for postconviction relief); 1D2024-0327, Ivey v. State (appealing an order denying motion for rehearing). This court finds Ivey’s appeal frivolous and refers him to the Department of Corrections for sanctions. See § 944.279, Fla. Stat. (2024) (providing that a prisoner who brings a frivolous claim “is subject to disciplinary procedures pursuant to the rules of the Department of Corrections”); Ponton v. Willis, 172 So. 3d 574, 576 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) (explaining that a Spencer order is not required before a court refers an inmate for sanctions).

Ivey is warned that any future filings this court finds to be frivolous may result in the imposition of further sanctions, including the prohibition against any future pro se filings in this court. See State v. Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47, 48–49 (Fla. 1999) (holding that a court may deny a petitioner’s pro se access to that court where the petitioner has filed repetitious and frivolous pleadings that detract from the court’s ability to devote resources to legitimate legal claims).

AFFIRMED.

ROBERTS, ROWE, and KELSEY, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

_____________________________ Tyrone Ivey, Jr., pro se, Appellant. Attorney General and Anne Catherine Conley, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


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