Syms v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

Leroy Syms appeals the trial court’s denial of his “Motion for Production of Documents and Records” in this almost 20-year-old criminal case. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

Syms was indicted in July 1981 for voluntary manslaughter. A jury found him guilty following a trial in 1983, and we affirmed his conviction.1 On June 15, 2000, Syms filed a “Motion for Production of Documents and Records.” In that motion, Syms sought copies of the indictments for six other crimes allegedly used against him during his 1983 manslaughter trial. According to the motion, Syms needed these…