Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.852
April 24, 201439 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 272
Summary
The court amended Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.852 to require the Department of Corrections to provide capital postconviction counsel with copies of the defendant’s medical, psychological, and psychiatric records when the department sends those records to the records repository. The court determined that the existing procedure was delayed, burdensome, and inefficient, and made the amendment effective July 1, 2014. The amendment applies both to the initial production of records and to demands for additional records.