Jackson v. State

A firsi>degree murder defendant petitions for a writ of certiorari from the trial court’s denial of his request to issue ex parte subpoenas duces tecum. Petitioner contends that he has a right to have these subpoenas for documents issued secretly to gather information potentially relevant to his defense, without revealing his defense strategy to the State.

We deny the petition as petitioner has not established a departure from the essential requirements of law resulting in any material injury. The exclusion of work product from discovery in the criminal rules applies to tangible items, not to…