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Potts v. State

Citations

  • 869 So. 2d 1223
  • 2004 WL 592650

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  • holding that “transcripts that were prepared at public expense on behalf of an indigent defendant must be provided to the defendant without charge for copying”
  • noting that indigent defendants are entitled, at no cost, to copies of any documents produced at public expense
  • stating that attorney files prepared for the purpose of representing a client are the attorney's personal property, but that a defendant is entitled to the return of personal property that he provided to counsel and transcripts prepared on his behalf at public expense
  • “Mandamus is the appropriate remedy since it is used to compel an official to perform lawful duties. A court- appointed lawyer is an ‘official.’” (citation omitted)
  • “Mandamus is the appropriate remedy since it is used to compel an official to perform lawful duties. A court-appointed lawyer is an ‘official.’ ” (quoting Pearce v. Sheffey, 647 So.2d 333, 333 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994))
  • \Mandamus is the appropriate remedy since it is used to compel an official to perform lawful duties. A court-appointed lawyer is an 'official.' \ (quoting Pearce v. Sheffey, 647 So. 2d 333, 333 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994))

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Judges: Silberman

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