Sutton v. State

KELLY, Judge.

In these consolidated eases, the petitioners seek certiorari review of the trial court’s orders requiring them to submit to depositions in sexually violent predator commitment proceedings. In the alternative, they seek prohibition to prevent or limit the scope of the State’s depositions. Because the petitioners have failed to demonstrate that the trial court departed from the essential requirements of law resulting in irreparable harm, we deny the petitions.

In each case, the petitioners pleaded nolo contendere to sexual offenses, were adjudicated and sentenced, and were serving…