IN RE AMEND. TO FLA. RULES OF CRIM. PROC.

No. SC906 35.

820 So.2d 185 (2002)

IN RE AMENDMENT TO FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE—RULE 3.112 MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR ATTORNEYS IN CAPITAL CASES.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Padovano, Judge, First District Court of Appeal, Tallahassee, FL, Chair, Committee on Minimum Standards for Attorneys in Capital Cases; Oscar H. Eaton, Jr., Chair, The Florida Bar Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, Sanford, FL, and John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL; Robert Trammell, General Counsel, Florida Public Defender Association, Inc., Tallahassee, FL; and James T. Miller, Jacksonville, FL, Chair, Amicus Curiae Committee, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, on behalf of David Rothman, President, FACDL, for Petitioner.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Chet Kaufman and W.C. McLain, Assistant Public Defenders, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, FL, William P. White, Chief Assistant Public Defender and Alan Chipperfield, Assistant Public Defender, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Jacksonville, FL, and James Slater, Chief Assistant Public Defender, Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Bradenton, FL, attorneys for The Florida Public Defender Association, Inc.; Robert Fraser, Brandon, FL; William D. Matthewman of Seiden, Alder, Rothman, Petosa & Matthewman, P.A., Boca Raton, FL; Christopher J. Anderson, Capital Collateral Registry Counsel, Jacksonville, FL; Lawrence J. Fox, Chair, Elisabeth Semel, Director, and Judy A. Gallant, Staff Attorney, American Bar Association, Washington, D.C.; Gregory C. Smith, Office of the Capital Collateral Counsel Northern Region of Florida, Tallahassee, FL, John W. Moser, CCRC, Middle Region, Tampa, FL, Michael P. Reiter, Chief Assistant, CCRC, Middle Region, Tampa, FL, and Neal A. Dupree, CCRC, Southern Region, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Responding.


ANSTEAD, J.

At the Court's request, the Committee on Minimum Standards for Attorneys in Capital Cases (Minimum Standards Committee or Committee) has filed proposed amendments to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.112 (Minimum Standards for Attorneys in Capital Cases). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. By this opinion we accept most of the Committee's proposals in our continuing efforts to improve the capital litigation process in...

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