GOMEZ v. STATE (2022)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Luis A. GOMEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D21-1566

Decided: January 26, 2022

Before EMAS, GORDO and BOKOR, JJ.

Luis A. Gomez, in proper person. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for appellee.

Affirmed. Smith v. State, 889 So. 2d 1009, 1010 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004) (denying a petition for a writ of mandamus where the defendant's counsel “represent[ed] that he ha[d] no such documents.”); Johnson v. State, 304 So. 3d 1226, 1226 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019); Simmons v. State, 40 So. 3d 874, 875 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010) (“[A]ttorneys may only be required to turn over documents which actually exist and are in their possession.”); Harrell v. State, 963 So. 2d 359, 360 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007) (noting that “the majority of the documents requested typically reside in the court file and can be obtained from the clerk of court”); Elghomari v. State, 66 So. 3d 416, 420 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011) (“Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.220(b)(1)(B) requires the state to disclose to the defendant ‘the statement of any person’ who is a witness.”) (emphasis added).

PER CURIAM.

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