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Johnson v. State

Citations

  • 44 So. 3d 198
  • 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 13631
  • 2010 WL 3584000

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  • concluding that sanctions are warranted regardless of a pro se defendant’s filing history where he appeals from the denial of frivolous, abusive, or untimely claims
  • holding a claim need not be repetitive to be frivolous or to be an abuse of the postconviction process
  • noting that a claim need not be repetitive to be frivolous and stating that a court may sanction a prisoner under section 944.279 regardless of the prisoner’s history of filing
  • “A claim need not be repetitive to be frivolous or to be an abuse of the post-conviction process”
  • “Untimely postconviction challenges, which do not establish an exception to the two-year time limit, are abusive and sanctionable”
  • “A claim need not be repetitive to be frivolous or to be an abuse of the post-conviction process. Under section 944.279, a court may sanction any frivolous post-conviction filing and/or appeal regardless of the prisoner’s history of filing.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Polen, Hazouri, Ciklin

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