PAROLE COM'N v. Lockett

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• holding that a trial judge’s order to disclose clemency records “would effectively overrule the rules of - 30 - executive clemency, resulting in a violation of the separation of powers doctrine”
• clemency files and records maintained by Florida Parole Commission for the Board of Executive Clemency are not subject to chapter 119
• Florida Constitution requires clemency records be kept confidential except as authorized by the Governor
• “[T]he clemency process is derived solely from the constitution and is strictly an executive branch function, and [], consequently, the Legislature, by statute, may neither preempt nor overrule the clemency rules without violating the separation of powers doctrine.”

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