Smith v. State
Cases that cite this one
5 later published cases cite this decision.
- LUIS A. GOMEZ v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2022)
- JAMES LEE ANTHONY, JR. v. STATE OF FLORIDA (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2019)
- Roland v. State (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)
- Rojas v. Office of Public Defender (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)
- Morse v. State (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)
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Opinion of the Court
Petitioner seeks the issuance of a writ of mandamus to compel his now former court-appointed special public defender, Thomas Cobitz, Esquire, to provide him with transcripts and related documents for utilization by him in preparing motions for post-conviction relief. We have jurisdiction. Art. Y § 4(b)(3).
The petitioner is entitled to receive from his former counsel, at no cost to petitioner, any and all trial and hearing transcripts, copies of motions, and any state discovery presented to defense counsel. See Potts v. State, 869 So.2d 1223 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004) (noting that indigent defendants are entitled, at no cost, to copies of any documents produced at public expense). His court-appointed counsel having recently filed a response representing that he has no such documents, the petition is denied.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.