State v. Z.A.

VILLANTI,. Chief Judge.

The State of Florida petitions this court for a writ of certiorari quashing the trial court’s orders directing: (1). the depositions of two .witnesses-• to occur in Lee County, and (2) the State to reimburse the defense for costs associated with deposing the two witnesses. Because the trial court did not have the authority under the facts of this case to enter such an order, we grant the petition.

The deponents in question, referred to here as Mr. and Mrs. A;, were residents of Lee County at the outset of the underlying juvenile delinquency case, and the defense…