DAVID MCCLAIN
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2019-11-08
No. 19-1505
Adams, J., Eisnaugle, J., Grosshans, J., Sasso, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2019)

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Holding

The trial court properly denied the appellant's rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief.


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David McClain appealed the denial of his rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief in an Orange County criminal case from 1999.…

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Opinion of the Court
Sasso

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO

FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND

DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

DAVID MCCLAIN,

Appellant,

v. Case No. 5D19-1505

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

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Opinion filed November 8, 2019

3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Gail A. Adams, Judge.

David McClain, Arcadia, pro se.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rebecca Rock McGuigan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant appeals the trial court’s denial of his rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief in Orange County Circuit Court Case No. 1999-CF-10125-A-O. We affirm the trial court's order and caution Appellant that abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous filings directed to the identified lower court case number may result in sanctions such as a bar on pro se filings in this Court and referral to prison officials for disciplinary proceedings,

2 which may include forfeiture of gain time. See § 944.279(1), Fla. Stat. (2019); State v. Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47, 48 (Fla. 1999).

AFFIRMED.

EISNAUGLE, GROSSHANS, and SASSO, JJ., concur.


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