In Re AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 3.852

The Court, on its own motion, amends Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.852 to require the Florida Department of Corrections to provide a copy of a defendant’s medical, psychological, or psychiatric records to the capital postconviction defendant’s counsel of record when providing a copy of such records to the records repository as required by subdivisions (e)(3) and (g)(2) of rule 3.852. This amendment is necessary because the current procedure by which a capital postconviction defendant may obtain his or her medical, psychological, or psychiatric records from the Department causes delay…