CHAD B. SMITH
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2020-05-22
No. 20-0354
Munyon, J., Orfinger, J., Wallis, J., Edwards, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2020)

AI-generated. These summaries, headnotes, and key points are machine-generated and may contain errors or omissions. Always verify against the full opinion text below. Not legal advice.


Holding

A trial court's denial of a habeas corpus petition is affirmed when the petition lacks merit.


Headnotes

[1] A trial court may impose sanctions including a bar on pro se filing and referral to prison officials for disciplinary proceedings when a litigant files abusive, repetitiv…

Previewing 1 of 1 headnotes on this case. FLexlaw’s editorially structured points of law — every proposition, pinpointed — are reserved for members.

Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence

Facts & Procedural History

Chad B. Smith appealed the trial court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus in Orange County Circuit Court Case No. 2011-CF-385.…

The full statement of facts, procedural history, and disposition for this case are member content.

Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence

© FLexlaw, Inc. — AI-generated enrichments are proprietary. All rights reserved.


Opinion of the Court
Edwards

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

CHAD B. SMITH,

Appellant,

v. Case No. 5D20-354

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

___________________________/

Opinion filed May 22, 2020

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Lisa T. Munyon, Judge.

Chad B. Smith, Orlando, pro se. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Wesley Heidt, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant appeals the trial court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus in Orange County Circuit Court Case No. 2011-CF-385. We affirm the trial court’s order and caution him that abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous filings directed to Orange County Circuit Court Case No. 2011-CF-385 may result in sanctions such as a bar on pro se filing in this Court and referral to prison officials for disciplinary proceedings, which

AFFIRMED.

ORFINGER, WALLIS and EDWARDS, JJ., concur.

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

Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus


Citator

Authorities Cited

Full citator, related cases, and AI research tools

Open in FLexlaw