ORDER
This Court asked the Florida Criminal Procedure Rules Committee to consider whether a rule similar to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.216, dealing with the appointment of experts when a defendant intends to rely on the insanity defense, should be adopted to allow a State mental health expert to examine a defendant who intends to present expert testimony of mental mitigation during the penalty phase of a capital trial. See Burns v. State,
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