IN RE RULES OF CRIM. PROC. 3.131 AND 3.132

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Vose, Chair, The Florida Bar Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, Orlando, FL; George E. Tragos, Past Chair, The Florida Bar Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, Clearwater, FL; and John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Bart Schneider, Lake Mary, FL; Howard H. Babb, Jr., President, Florida Public Defender Association, Inc., and John Eddy Morrison, Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL; Nancy Daniels, Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, FL; Paula S. Saunders, Office of the Public Defender, Tallahassee, FL, and Michael Ufferman, Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, Co-Chairs, The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Amicus Curiae Committee; the Honorable Robert L. Doyel, Circuit Judge, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Wauchula, FL; Tiffany Carr, Executive Director, Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Tallahassee, FL; David De La Paz, Council Director, The Florida House of Representatives Justice Council, Tallahassee, FL; the Honorable Amy Karan, Administrative Judge, Domestic Violence Division, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL, Responding with comments.