Vann v. State

WALLACE, Judge.

Antonio D. Vann filed a petition for writ of mandamus seeking to compel his former counsel, the Public Defender of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, to provide free of charge copies of everything in his case file. Although the public defender cannot be required to provide copies of the files prepared and maintained by counsel without adequate compensation, “transcripts that were prepared at public expense on behalf of an indigent defendant must be provided to the defendant without charge for copying.” Potts v. State, 869 So.2d 1223, 1225 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004) (citing Thompson v.…