Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2017

State v. Adrian Cummins

State v. Adrian Cummins
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided September 7, 2017 · Palmer, Evander, Berger
225 So. 3d 417; 2017 WL 3896910; 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 12908 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

State v. Adrian Cummins

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The State of Florida petitions for writ of certiorari to review the trial court’s discovery order requiring it to disclose to the defense which,, out of .a number of recorded jail calls between Adrian Cummins (Respondent) and others, would be introduced at trial. Although we conclude the trial court’s order departs from the essential requirements of the. law, see State v. Williams, 678 So.2d 1356, 1358 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996) (holding that State did not have to tell defendants which documents, out of 285 boxes of documents, it intended on using at trial because to do so would violate work-product doctrine), the State has failed to show irreparable harm. See State v. Milbry, 219 So.3d 160, 161 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017) (explaining irreparable harm is jurisdictional and must be found before court may consider whether departure from the essential requirements of the law occurred). Specifically, the State has failed to show that its ability to proper cute Respondent would be significantly impaired by the trial court’s ruling. The trial court indicated that additional calls could be admissible upon a showing of good cause by the State, and the State has not argued that it would be unable to show good- causé. Accordingly, we dismiss the petition.

DISMISSED.

PALMER, EVANDER and BERGER, JJ., concur.

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