Simpkins v. State

The appellant Lawrence Simpkins appears here for the twelfth time. He was convicted of a 1995 capital sexual battery by an adult on a child less than twelve years old and sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment under sections 794.011(2)(a) and 775.082(1), Florida Statutes (1995). This time, he appeals the denial of his Rule 3.800(a) motion which was correctly denied as improperly successive and without merit. Consequently, this court issued a Spencer Show Cause Order to Simpkins to explain why he is not abusing the legal process. See State v. Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 1999). We have carefully reviewed his response, and it does not show good cause. Instead, it demonstrates that Simpkins obstinately persists in asserting erroneous interpretations of the law.