In Re AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 3.852

Previously, on its own motion, the Court amended Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.852 to require the Florida Department of Corrections to provide a copy of a defendant’s medical, psychological, or psychiatric records to the capital postconviction defendant’s counsel of record when providing a copy of such records to the records repository as required by subdivisions (e)(3) and (g)(2) of rule 3.852. In re Amends. to Fla. Rule of Crim. Pro. 3.852, 140 So.3d 507 (Fla.2014). This amendment was necessary because the sole procedure by which a capital postconviction defendant could obtain his or…