693 So. 2d 1308 - State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “In this case, the defendant's request for information from the prosecutor, insofar as it called for the current rap sheets of the state's witnesses, constituted a specific and relevant request. Therefore, we conclude that the trial judge erred in not requiring the prosecutor to respond to the specific request of the defendant by stating whether the state had knowledge or possession of current rap sheets, or whether the current rap sheets were available to the state, and, if so, by not requiring the prosecutor to furnish them to the defendant or submit them to the court for a determination as to whether the defendant was entitled to this material. [Footnote omitted.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Edmondson