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Pettway v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Apr 12, 2000
760 So. 2d 203 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

Opinion

No. 2D99-1160.

Opinion filed April 12, 2000.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pasco County, Maynard F. Swanson, Jr., Judge.

John Everett Pettway, Pro Se, Sneads, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Patricia A. McCarthy, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


We affirm the trial court's order denying Pettway's motion to correct an illegal sentence and prohibiting Pettway from filing future pro-se pleadings that attack his conviction and sentence. Although the Florida Supreme Court, in State v. Spencer, 24 Fla. L. Weekly S433 (Fla. Sept. 23, 1999), held that a trial court must provide a pro se litigant notice and an opportunity to respond before restricting future pro se pleadings attacking a conviction or sentence, it also held that its ruling was prospective, and did not disapprove this court's ruling inHuffman v. State, 693 So.2d 570 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996). See Spencer, 24 Fla. L. Weekly at S433. Accordingly, we hold that the trial court did not err in its ruling.

FULMER, A.C.J., CASANUEVA and DAVIS, JJ., Concur.


Summaries of

Pettway v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Apr 12, 2000
760 So. 2d 203 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)
Case details for

Pettway v. State

Case Details

Full title:JOHN EVERETT PETTWAY, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Apr 12, 2000

Citations

760 So. 2d 203 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)