Jim Williams v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledNovember 30, 2020
Docket1D20-1808
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D20-1808
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JIM WILLIAMS,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County.
W. Joel Boles, Judge.
November 30, 2020
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. Appellant has filed four postconviction appeals in
this Court. In case numbers 1D17-0010, 1D17-3406, and this
appeal, this Court dismissed the appeal or affirmed orders denying
Appellant postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal
Procedure 3.800. And in case number 1D19-1334, this Court
affirmed an order denying Appellant postconviction relief under
Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.
Appellant 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, 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 Correctionsโ).
ROWE and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., concur; B.L. THOMAS, J., dissents in
part with opinion.
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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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B.L. THOMAS, J., dissenting in part.
I would require Appellant to show cause now why he should
not be barred in this court.
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Jim Williams, pro se, Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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