District Court of Appeal of Florida

A petition for certiorari review of orders allowing an individual charged with first degree murder to file two motions ex parte and under seal is granted where Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.220(m) did not grant the trial court the broader authority to receive, under seal and without disclosure to or input from an intervenor, any motion seeking a public records exemption.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/23/2006
• Published 06/23/2006

Judges

• LaROSE, Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gregg D. Thomas and James J. McGuire of Thomas & Locicero, LP, Tampa, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Cerese Crawford Taylor, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent State of Florida., Julianne M. Holt, Public Defender, and Samantha L. Ward, Assistant Public Defender, Tampa, for Respondent David Lee Onstott.