Sagar v. State

Petitioner Rishan Sagar, defendant below, seeks certiorari review of two circuit court orders compelling defense experts, appointed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.216(a), to provide their notes, records, communications, opinions, reports and data to the co-defendants.1

Rule 3.216(a) expressly states that the experts appointed under this subsection shall only report to the attorney for the defendant and matters related to the experts shall fall under the lawyer-client privilege. The privilege is only waived if the defendant actually calls the confidential expert to testify.…