In Re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration, Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.010, and Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.440

The Court has for consideration proposed amendments to the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration, the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, and the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure.1 For the reasons explained below, we decline to adopt the proposed amendments, without prejudice to the filing of more individualized and refined proposals.

BACKGROUND

The Florida Bar’s Rules of Judicial Administration Committee, Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, and Appellate Court Rules Committee (Rules Committees) have filed a joint out-of-cycle report proposing…