Maurice Williams v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledNovember 3, 2021
Docket1D21-2542
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D21-2542
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MAURICE WILLIAMS,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County.
Francis Allman, Judge.
November 3, 2021
PER CURIAM.
Maurice Williams appeals an order summarily dismissing his
motion for postconviction relief filed under Florida Rule of
Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). Williams asserted that his
convictions violated double jeopardy and that the basis for
reclassification of his aggravated battery conviction was not orally
announced. The trial court determined that his claims were not
cognizable in a 3.800(a) motion. Finding no error by the trial court,
we affirm.
We also conclude that this appeal is frivolous. This appeal
marks Williams’ fifth collateral attack on his 2013 judgment and
sentence in Leon County Circuit Court Case Number 2012-CF-896.
He appealed from orders denying postconviction relief in cases
1D14-5122, 1D17-0669, 1D18-0162, and 1D19-1729. Williams
received no relief in any of these cases.
The Court warns Williams 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 or facility
of the Florida Department of Corrections for disciplinary
procedures. See § 944.279(1), Fla. Stat. (2021) (providing that “[a]
prisoner who is found by a court to have brought a frivolous or
malicious suit, action, claim, proceeding, or appeal . . . or to have
brought a frivolous or malicious collateral criminal proceeding . . .
is subject to disciplinary procedures pursuant to the rules of the
Department of Corrections”).
AFFIRMED.
RAY, OSTERHAUS, and NORDBY, 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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Maurice Williams, pro se, Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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