Williams v. State

Larry Williams appeals the dismissal of his petition for writ of mandamus. We affirm without prejudice to Mr. Williams’ filing of a facially sufficient petition.

A jury convicted Mr. Williams of sexual battery on a child. In his petition, Mr. Williams alleged the existence of three reports containing exculpatory evidence that the Department of Children and Families, formerly the Department of Children' and Family Services, prepared in a related dependency action. Mr. Williams contended that the Department possessed the reports and that the Department failed to respond to his December 2012…