Supreme Court of Florida

Otis D. Blaxton v. State of Florida

January 21, 2016187 So. 3d 216

Summary

The Florida Supreme Court denied Otis D. Blaxton’s pro se mandamus petition and imposed sanctions under Fla. Stat. §944.279, directing the clerk to reject any future filings by Blaxton on the specified cases unless filed through counsel. The Court held that repeated frivolous filings justify such sanctions, and a concurrence agreed with the sanction while noting a potential issue with Blaxton’s thirty‑year escape sentence.