Kinsey v. State

In 1990, Kinsey was tried and convicted of the first-degree murder of his aunt. He was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum mandatory term of 25 years. His conviction and sentence were affirmed by this court. Kinsey v. State, 595 So.2d 58 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992). He thereafter made a number of collateral attacks upon that conviction and sentence.1

We have now received Kinsey’s response to our show cause order issued pursuant to State v. Spencer, 751 So.2d 47 (Fla.1999), which stands for the proposition that a court can restrict future pro se pleadings if it first provides a pro se litigant…