Legal Opinion

Lake v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 5, 2013No. 4D12-3464PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Per curiam

We affirm the trial court’s denial of appellant’s Rule 3.800(a) motion to correct illegal sentence. Appellant has filed numerous postconviction challenges and appeals and was previously warned against frivolous filing in case number 4D10-5186. In this case, because of appellant’s ongoing abuse of postconviction process, we issued an order to show cause pursuant to State v. Spencer, 751 So.2d 47 (Fla.1999). We conclude that sanctions are appropriate.

In 1998, appellant brutally attacked a woman inside a service station beating her unconscious and slamming her head into the floor. The victim…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. SpencerSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  2. Isley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  3. McCutcheon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Johnson Cuffy v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015
  2. Oliveira v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  3. Potter v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  4. Wilson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014

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