Edwards v. State

Full title: ALFONZO EDWARDS, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Mar 3, 2000

No. 5D99-3653 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Mar. 3, 2000)

Opinion

No. 5D99-3653.

Opinion filed March 3, 2000.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Sumter County, Hale R. Stancil, Judge.

Alfonzo Edwards, Bushnell, pro se.

No Appearance for Appellee.

SHARP, W., J.

We affirm the trial court's summary denial of Edwards' motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a), which seeks review of issues concerning the procedural correctness of the manner in which his habitual offender sentences were imposed, and their legality.

These same issues were raised in Edwards' direct appeal, or should have been, and were resolved against him. Edwards v. State, 712 So.2d 407 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998). These sentencing issues were raised (among others) in Edward's motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, and were resolved against him. This court affirmed. Edwards v. State, 743 So.2d 529 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999). Edwards also raised improper habitualization in a prior motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). The trial court denied relief and this court affirmed with an opinion. Edwards v. State, 743 So.2d 76 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999).

In his current rule 3.800 motion, Edwards again seeks to attack the habitualization procedure employed in his case. This issue has been raised in the previous post-conviction motions and resolved against him. Edwards cannot raise it again. See Medina v. State, 690 So.2d 1241 (Fla. 1997); Henderson v. Singletary, 617 So.2d 313 (Fla. 1993); Stroble v. State, 689 So.2d 1089 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997); Beauford v. State, 689 So.2d 320 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997); Raley v. State, 675 So.2d 170, 173-74 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996).

We caution Edwards against filing more collateral proceedings regarding this case, which are improper because they are successive and repetitive. Even though the Florida Supreme Court has held that this court cannot take away gain time, Hall v. State, 25 Fla. L. Weekly S42 (Fla. Jan. 20, 2000), we still have the inherent authority to ban a defendant from filing further frivolous pleadings. See In re Anderson, 511 U.S. 364, 364-366 (1994); Isley v. State, 652 So.2d 409 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995); Lau v. State, 717 So.2d 574 (Fla. 5th DCA), rev. dismissed, 727 So.2d 907 (Fla. 1998). See also McGillis v. Department of Children Family Services, 738 So.2d 1023 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999).

AFFIRMED.

PETERSON and GRIFFIN, JJ., concur.