Jerry Gallion, Jr. v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledOctober 13, 2020
Docket1D20-0704
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D20-704
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JERRY GALLION JR.,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County.
Mark Borello, Judge.
October 13, 2020
PER CURIAM.
Jerry Gallion Jr. appeals an order dismissing his motion
seeking postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal
Procedure 3.850. Gallion raised eight claims challenging his 2007
judgment and sentence. He filed the motion more than two years
after his convictions became final. Because he established no
exception to the two-year time limit provided under rule 3.850(b),
the trial court dismissed Gallionโs motion as untimely. We affirm.
See Knowles v. State, 41 So. 3d 332, 333 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010).
The trial court also cautioned Gallion that if he continued to
file frivolous pro se motions, he would be subject to sanctions. We
echo that warning here. Gallion has filed four pro se postconviction
appeals or petitions in this Court challenging his thirteen-year-old
convictions. In case number 1D09-4397, this Court denied his
petition for ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. Gallion v.
State, 37 So. 3d 291 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010). In this case and in case
numbers 1D13-2905 and 1D15-4996, Gallion sought review of
orders denying postconviction motions filed under rule 3.850. See
Gallion v. State, 154 So. 3d 149 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014) (affirming on
three grounds, but remanding on other grounds with instructions
to the trial court to attach portions of the record refuting the claims
or to hold an evidentiary hearing); Gallion v. State, 230 So. 3d 823
(Fla. 1st DCA 2017) (unpublished table decision).
Gallion is warned that any future filings that this Court
determines to be frivolous may result in the imposition of
sanctions, including a prohibition against any further pro se filings
in this Court and a referral to the appropriate institution for
disciplinary procedures. See ยง 944.279(1), Fla. Stat. (2019)
(providing that โ[a] prisoner who is found by a court to have
brought a frivolous or malicious suit, action, claim, proceeding, or
appeal . . . is subject to disciplinary procedures pursuant to the
rules of the Department of Corrections.โ).
AFFIRMED.
ROBERTS, ROWE, and KELSEY, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Jerry Gallion, Jr., pro se, Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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