In re Amendment to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.220(h)

We are asked in two separate petitions to amend the procedural rules providing for discovery depositions in criminal and juvenile delinquency proceedings. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. In the first petition, Florida’s Attorney General, the State Attorneys of Florida, the Statewide Prosecutor, and various other attorneys ask this Court to substantially limit the availability of discovery depositions under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.220(h) and to totally abolish the availability of discovery depositions under Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.060(d). In the…