Harris v. State

This is an appeal of an order denying a “Request for Inspection of Public Records Pursuant to Government in the Sunshine Law.” We affirm.

On November 12, 2008, defendant-appellant Harris filed a document in the form of a pleading bearing the above title. He filed the pleading in the closed file of his criminal case, Miami-Dade County Circuit Court case number 92^41749. The pleading requested inspection of several documents relating to the defendant’s plea of January 27,1995.

As the State points out in its response, where the defendant requests public records, the correct procedure is to submit…