Brown v. State

Appellant, Dale Brown, appeals the summary denial of his petition for writ of mandamus. We reverse.

Appellant filed a petition for writ of mandamus below, requesting that the trial court order his former public defender and former appointed special public defender to provide him with copies of various documents from his underlying criminal case. The requested documents included, among others, charging documents, police reports, transcripts, sentencing paperwork, and appellant’s attorneys’ files. Appellant alleged that he is incarcerated, that he has been declared indigent, and that he needs…