POOLE v. SOUTH DADE NURSING

No. 3D14-227.

139 So.3d 436 (2014)

Michael Mose POOLE, Petitioner, v. SOUTH DADE NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER and the State of Florida, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 28, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos J. Martinez , Public Defender, and John Eddy Morrison , Assistant Public Defender, for petitioner.

Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, and Thomas A. Valdez , and Antwon E. Emery , Tampa, for South Dade Nursing & Rehabilitation Center; Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Keri T. Joseph , Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Florida, respondents.

Before SHEPHERD, C.J., and FERNANDEZ and EMAS, JJ.


SHEPHERD, C.J.

Michael Mose Poole, the defendant in this criminal action, petitioned for a writ of certiorari seeking review of an order directing the clerk to unseal reports filed by psychiatrists who determined him to be incompetent to proceed to trial. After expedited briefing and argument in the matter, we denied the petition by an unpublished order, indicating an opinion would follow. We now explain our decision.

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