Amendments To Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851(H)

The Supreme Court Committee on Post-conviction Relief in Capital Cases (the Morris Committee), working in conjunction with the Florida Bar Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, has proposed amendments to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851(h). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.

In Amendments to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.851, 3.852 & 3.993, 797 So.2d 1213 (Fla.2001), this Court adopted amendments to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851 governing the procedures to be followed in capital post-conviction proceedings. These amendments addressed all the major…