Legal Opinion

Thomas v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 27, 2015No. 3D14-2402Published

1Per curiam

Henry Thomas appeals an order finding him in contempt due to his numerous mer-itless filings on the same issue, which has already been reviewed and disposed of by this Court adversely to Thomas. 1

As the thorough order on appeal points out, since Thomas’s conviction and sentence became final in 2007, Thomas has raised the identical issue for relief (i.e., that the charging document was fraudulently or improperly filed) six times in the form of postconviction motions and habeas corpus petitions.

After raising the same exact issue for the sixth time in an April 17, 2014 petition for habeas…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Carter v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
  2. Fair v. Lo ScalzoDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1973
  3. Scott v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
  4. Thomas v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010

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