DOWNS v. AUSTIN

No. BR-184.

522 So.2d 931 (1988)

Ernest Charles DOWNS, Appellant, v. Ed AUSTIN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied April 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen N. Young of Kramer, Levin, Nessen, Kamin & Frankel, New York City, and Elizabeth L. White of Sheppard & White, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky and John W. Tiedemann, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


SHIVERS, Judge.

Appellant, Ernest Charles Downs, appeals from the trial court's refusal to issue a writ of mandamus to compel appellee, State Attorney Ed Austin, to disclose the results of four polygraph tests which the State administered to Larry Johnson, Downs' accomplice in the murder of Jerry Harris. The issue in this case is whether Downs has the right under the Public Records Act to examine and copy the records of Johnson's polygraph tests. We reverse.

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