Case Name: Stephon HEARN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2009-05-27
Citations: 11 So. 3d 449
Docket Number: No. 3D08-222
Parties: Stephon HEARN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before COPE, WELLS, and SUAREZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 11
Pages: 449–449

Head Matter:
Stephon HEARN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D08-222.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 27, 2009.
Stephon Hearn, for appellant.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Lunar Claire Alvey, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before COPE, WELLS, and SUAREZ, JJ.

Opinion:
COPE, J.
This is an appeal of an order barring further pro se postconviction motions by defendant-appellant Stephon Hearn. To make a long story short, the trial court entered an order barring the defendant from further pro se postconviction filings without ever having actually issued an order to show cause to the defendant. See Jordan v. State, 760 So.2d 973, 974 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000). We therefore reverse the order now before us, but without prejudice to the trial court to issue a show cause order if the court chooses to do so.
Reversed.