Wilcox v. State

I must respectfully dissent. In my view, the trial court committed reversible error in failing to conduct a Richardson inquiry into the state’s admitted discovery violation.

It is the established law of this state that once a violation of the state’s obligation to make discovery under Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.220 is brought to the attention of the trial court, it is the court’s responsibility to conduct an inquiry into the surrounding circumstances concerning the discovery violation to determine whether the defendant has been thereby prejudiced and what sanctions, if any, should be imposed. This…