IN RE AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULES

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Strain , Chair, Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Tampa, FL; John Granville Crabtree , Chair, Appellate Court Rules Committee, Crabtree and Associates, P.A., Key Biscayne, FL; Judge Kevin Emas , Chair, Criminal Court Steering Committee, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL, and Judge James C. Hankinson , Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, FL; and John F. Harkness, Jr. , Executive Director, and Krys Godwin , Bar Liaison, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Kent R. Putnam , Chief Career Attorney, First District Court of Appeal, Tallahassee, FL; and John E. Morrison , and Howard K. Blumberg , Assistant Public Defenders, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL, Responding with comments.