Lawson v. State

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Mark Lawson filed a motion requesting documents contained in the state attorney’s file in his case. See § 119.11, Fla. Stat. (2009); Roesch v. State, 633 So.2d 1, 2 (Fla.1993) (stating that certain portions of the state attorney’s investigation file are public records once a defendant’s conviction and sentence becomes final; a defendant may obtain copies of these records but must pay for the copies). The State provided copies of certain documents, but Lawson contended he had requested others that were not produced. The State replied that the missing documents had not been…