In re Amendment to Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure-Capital Postconviction Public Records Production

In order to provide orderly procedures to govern the process of considering public records requests in the context of capital post-conviction proceedings, the Court on its own motion has determined to promulgate a new Rule of Criminal Procedure, to be numbered rule 8.852. The proposed rule is set forth in the attached appendix.

We direct that proposed rule 3.852 be published in the next issue of The Florida Bar News. Interested persons may submit comments on the proposed rule within thirty days of the date of publication.

It is so ordered.

GRIMES, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, KOGAN, HARDING, WELLS…