Jonnie Ravon v. State of Florida

Summary

The Third District Court of Appeal of Florida affirmed the summary denial of Jonnie Ravon's Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) motion to correct an illegal sentence. The court held that the claim had previously been raised, rejected, and affirmed on appeal, and that successive post-conviction proceedings raising substantially similar claims were barred.

Holdings

1. A defendant may not raise the same or substantially similar claim in more than one postconviction motion when the claim was previously considered, rejected on the merits, and reviewed on appeal.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the circuit court properly summarily denied Ravon's Rule 3.800(a) motion when the same sentencing issue had previously been adjudicated and affirmed on appeal.
2. Whether a successive postconviction motion raising the same or nearly identical claim may be denied under the law-of-the-case doctrine and principles governing successive postconviction proceedings.

Disposition

affirmed