Martin v. State

After originally rejecting this pro se petition for writ of prohibition based upon our sanction imposed against petitioner’s filing of pro se petitions as an indigent, see Martin v. Marko, 651 So.2d 819 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995), we have reconsidered whether the opinion in that case extends to petitions filed in criminal cases. To date, we have not applied it to a petition from a criminal proceeding. We also note that the supreme court has similarly sanctioned petitioner in Martin v. State, 747 So.2d 386 (Fla.2000), by denying him indigency status for filing of petitions for extraordinary relief.…