City of Riviera Beach v. State

We deny the City of Riviera Beach’s petition for writ of certiorari seeking to quash an order of the circuit court directing it to comply with an investigative subpoena of the office of the state attorney. Among other things, the subpoena would require the city to provide the names of confidential informants used by the city for a one year period. The office of the state attorney is entitled to obtain the disputed information under section 27.04, Florida Statutes (2010). See State v. Investigation, 802 So.2d 1141 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001); Imparato v. Spicola, 238 So.2d 503 (Fla. 2d DCA 1970). Thus,…