Criminal Procedure Rules amendments.

At the request of the Florida Bar's Criminal Procedure Rules Committee, the Florida Supreme Court has adopted amendments to the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. Specifically, the court amended Rule 3.111 (Providing Counsel to Indigents), Rule 3.220(o) (Discovery; Costs of Indigents), and Rule 3.670 (Rendition of Judgment) and adopted new rule 3.984 (Affidavit of Indigent Status). See In re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure--Conform Rules to 2004 Legislation, SC04-2489 (Fla. April 7, 2005). The court invites all interested persons to comment on the amendments, which are summarized below and can be found online in the court's opinion at www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/2005/sc04-2489.pdf. An original and nine paper copies of all comments must be filed with the court on or before June 6, with a certificate of service verifying that a copy has been served on the committee chair, Judge Thomas H. Bateman III, Leon County Courthouse, 301 South Monroe Street, Room 365-C, Tallahassee 32301-1861. The committee chair has until June 30 to file a response to any comments filed with the court. Electronic copies of all comments and the chair's response must be filed in accordance with the Court's Administrative Order In Re: Mandatory Submission of Electronic Copies of Documents, Fla. Admin. Order No. AOSC04-84 (Sept. 13, 2004). Label envelope to avoid erasure.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO THE FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE--CONFORM RULES TO 2004 LEGISLATION, CASE NO. SC04-2489.

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