Gaffney v. State

Johnny Ray GAFFNEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 22, 2000.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 2001.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2000-12-22

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently March 2006

4 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“unless reviewed and signed by an attorney licensed to practice in the State of Florida”

quoted by 1 later decision, including 790 So. 2d 506 - Maggard v. State

Relies on 652 So. 2d 409 - Isley v. State · 733 So. 2d 499 - Gomez v. Singletary · 705 So. 2d 133 - Davis v. State

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 2000-12-22

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¶1Johnny Ray Gaffney, Polk City, pro se.

¶2Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lori E. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

¶3PER CURIAM.

¶4AFFIRMED. Based on defendant's numerous and successive pro se filings, we hold that Mr. Gaffney is precluded from filing any additional pro se appeals, pleadings, motions or petitions relating to his conviction and sentence in trial court case number 00-0188-CA-53, unless reviewed and signed by an attorney licensed to practice in the State of Florida. Rahymes v. State,730 So.2d 420, 422 (Fla. 5th DCA), cause dismissed,733 So.2d 516 (Fla.1999); Davis v. State,705 So.2d 133, 135 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998); Isley v. State,652 So.2d 409, 410-411 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995). See also Lockett v. State,769 So.2d 1141 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000).

¶5COBB, SAWAYA and ORFINGER, R.B., JJ., concur.