State Ex Rel. Richardson v. Randall

GUNN, Judge.

Relator seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent having to disclose the name of a handwriting expert retained by her or her counsel for her defense against forgery charges. The respondent trial court ordered disclosure of the expert’s name and address. Relator’s efforts for relief have brought her to this Court which has issued a preliminary rule in prohibition.

The issue is whether a criminal defendant must divulge the name and address of an expert with whom she has consulted but does not intend to use at trial. Lying in the heart of this case is Rule 25.06(A) and the reasonableness…