Wells v. State

In December 1974, Christopher J. Wells committed strong-arm robbery, was arrested, and was charged with that offense. The jury found him guilty, and on June 12, 1975, he was sentenced to life in prison. He did not appeal. At last count, Wells has filed three rule 3.800(a) motions, a habeas petition, and nine rule 3.850 motions. In light of his numerous previous filings, we concluded his motion and this appeal were without legal merit and constituted an abuse of process, requiring a show cause order under State v. Spencer, 751 So.2d 47 (Fla.1999).

In response to this court’s order, Wells…