Legal Opinion

Mims v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 19, 2008No. 3D07-2109PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

994 So.2d 1233 (2008)

Orin A. MIMS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D07-2109.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

November 19, 2008.

Orin A. Mims, in proper person.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Nicholas A. Merlin, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before COPE, SHEPHERD, and SALTER, JJ.

SHEPHERD, J.

This is an appeal from a trial court order prohibiting a criminal defendant from filing further pro se motions. The reason articulated for the action was that the defendant had filed four successive Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800 motions to correct…

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2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. State v. SpencerSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  4. Dade Cty. Sch. Bd. v. Radio Station WQBASupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  5. State v. McBrideSupreme Court of Florida · 2003

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Gaston v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
  2. Bivins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010
  3. Jimenez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011
  4. Jordan v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010
  5. Jimenez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010

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