Public defender ordered to provided former client with free copies of crime scene photos from file.  [Added 1/3/11]  --  Morse v. State, 50 So.3d 750 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010).

When convicted defendant files mandamus petition seeking materials from file, trial court must order response from trial counsel before ruling on petition.  [Added 4/20/10]  --  Raymond v. State, 31 So.3d 946 (Fla. 2d DCA2010).

Law firm could not assert retaining lien over its files in contingent fee cases because contingency had not yet occurred.  [Added 4/1/10]  --  Brickell Place Condo Ass'n, Inc. v. Joseph H. Ganguzza & Associates, P.A., 31 So.3d 287 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010).

Trial court erred in ordering lawyer to produce his file on separate, unrelated case in which he was representing same client.  [Added 4/1/10]  --  Toledo v. Publix Super Markets, Inc., 30 So.3d 712 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010).

Lawyer is not required to produce documents that he does not have.  [Added 7/29/05]  --  Wells v. Office of Public Defender, 907 So.2d 1247 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005).

Mandamus does not lie to require court-appointed lawyer to provide file material to former criminal defense client at no charge (with certain limited exceptions).  [Added 3/27/04]  --  Potts v. State, 869 So.2d 1223 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004).

Retaining lien on former client's file trumps discovery demand by former client in legal malpractice case.  [Added 12/9/03]  --  Foreman v. Behr, 866 So.2d 705 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003).