LUTHER WOODS vs STATE OF FLORIDA

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT LUTHER WOODS, Petitioner, v. Case No. 5D19-2531 STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. ___________________________/ Opinion filed December 20, 2019 Petition for Habeas Corpus, A Case of Original Jurisdiction. Luther Woods, Perry, pro se. No Appearance for Respondent. COHEN, J. Luther Woods was convicted of one count of robbery with a firearm and one count of grand theft. 1 This Court per curiam affirmed his convictions. See Woods v. State, 150 So. 3d 1177 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014). In December 2014, Woods filed an original habeas petition alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. This Court denied that petition by order. Woods also filed a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure Rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief in the circuit court in December 2014, which he subsequently amended in June 2015. The circuit 1 Orange County case number 2011-CF-3731-A-O. court denied relief, and this Court per curiam affirmed. See Woods v. State, 187 So. 3d 1264 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016). In March 2016, Woods filed a second Rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief, which he amended the following month. The circuit court denied relief. 2 In August 2016, Woods filed a motion to correct sentencing error. The circuit court denied relief, and this Court per curiam affirmed. See Woods v. State, 205 So. 3d 618 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016). Woods then filed two additional Rule 3.850 motions in October 2017, both of which were denied by the circuit court. This Court per curiam affirmed. See Woods v. State, 246 So. 3d 363 (Fla. 5th DCA 2018). In August 2018, Woods filed a fifth Rule 3.850 motion. The circuit court denied relief, and this Court per curiam affirmed. See Woods v. State, 259 So. 3d 839 (Fla. 5th DCA 2018). In May 2019, Woods filed a second, successive, and untimely habeas petition alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. This Court dismissed that petition. In August 2019, Woods filed the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus in this Court. This Court denied that petition by order. We caution Woods that abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous filings directed to Orange County case number 2011-CF-3731-AO may result in sanctions, such as a bar on pro se filings in this Court and referral to prison officials for disciplinary proceedings, which may include forfeiture of gain time. See § 944.279(1), Fla. Stat. (2019); State v Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 1999). LAMBERT and GROSSHANS, JJ., concur. 2 Woods did not appeal that order. 2

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